From: Jason McIntosh (jmcintosh@mlug.missouri.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 30 2003 - 10:37:44 EDT
Ok, there seems to be no way to setup mirroring from the install. I
was told instead that I'd need to do everything after the install. I
was also told that striping on a boot required disk isn't a good idea,
and that I should just mirror the partition.
The second note, is there are some partition recommendations for use of
the SVM:
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-6111/6jf2ve3eu?a=view
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-6111/6jf2ve3f5?a=view
the above links, courtesy of Darren Dunham provide some more
information on the associated details of the SVM configuration.
My current plan is to install using 2 out of 6 of my SCSI drives,
creating SVM, /usr and / partitions (no home, really - this is an
Oracle box only), and then after Solaris 9 is installed, going back,
mirroring the disk where those partitions are installed. At that
point, I'll also use the SVM to create a set of Raid 1+0 partitions on
three drives, if this is possible:
Using striping, do the following:
half of disk 3, mirrored on disk 4.
Half of disk 3 mirrored on disk 5.
Half of disk 4 mirrored on disk 5.
With the above, I'll probably put 2 SVM partitions on each drive,
including on the mirrored drive 1 & 2 combo.
Does anyone have any final comments on the above configuration?
Warnings/thoughts/etc.? The idea is to keep a hot-swap spare available
in case any drive does fail (hopefully not anytime soon). And I need a
bit more space than a single Raid 1+0 configuration. I also understand
that Solaris software RAID 5 is NOT a good idea, and thus I'm trying to
avoid that configuration by using the above.
Thanks!
Jason McIntosh
Jason McIntosh
Programmer/Analyst
University of Missouri
573-884-3865
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