Definately split them up! Seriously, it helps. Keep the raid seperate, though, then join with lvm. <div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 2, 2012 2:44 PM, "Charles Ulrich" <<a href="mailto:charles@bityard.net">charles@bityard.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 2012-08-02 13:39, Chick Tower wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I found this article (see the URL below) on HowtoForge about setting up a RAID1 array on a running system. My question is about the comment at the bottom of the first page of this article. I've found mention of making a whole disk part of a RAID array, but no instructions. Is anyone familiar with this? Does anyone have any idea of what the commenter says is correct or accurate? Thanks. </blockquote> I've never tinkered with software RAID, but to me it does seem pointless to partition each disk into three pieces and then join them back up with software RAID. It's simpler to make each whole disk part of the array and then partition the resulting block device according to taste. No idea if the commentor (commentator?) is correct, but it certainly sounds logical. Charles _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu" target="_blank">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote></div>