I just got a new server with a Dell MD-1000 SAS unit and 6-750 gigabyte drives which are now initializing in RAID 10 which will give me just about 2 terabytes. I vaguely recall reading that fdisk wasn't suitable for partitioning and wonder if I shouldn't be using partd instead. I am also wondering if I should use lvm or just mkfs to create the filesystem. Anyone have suggestions before I blunder in? Thanks Craig
>I vaguely recall reading that fdisk wasn't suitable for partitioning and >wonder if I shouldn't be using partd instead. I am also wondering if I >should use lvm or just mkfs to create the filesystem. Anyone have >suggestions before I blunder in?fdisk can't do GPT which is what you need for partitions larger than 2tb, so you use parted w/ gpt. If it were mine, I'd partition it as one big chunk and mark it LVM, then carve it out so you have the flexibility. After all, you already made it one array so making partitions out of it only limits you down the road. YMMV, jlc
On Oct 14, 2008, at 10:36 PM, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:> I just got a new server with a Dell MD-1000 SAS unit and 6-750 > gigabyte > drives which are now initializing in RAID 10 which will give me just > about 2 terabytes. > > I vaguely recall reading that fdisk wasn't suitable for partitioning > and > wonder if I shouldn't be using partd instead. I am also wondering if I > should use lvm or just mkfs to create the filesystem. Anyone have > suggestions before I blunder in?Just pvcreate the whole disk and forgo partitioning it. Then create a vg out of it and start creating lvs. -Ross