[Box Backup] Raid Config

Steve Nelson boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:33:19 +0000


On 3/16/06, Ben Summers <ben@fluffy.co.uk> wrote:

> If you are using raid at the device level, whether hardware RAID or
> software RAID in the kernel, you should not use Box Backup's userland
> software RAID.

Ah!! The penny drops.  I hadn't understood that Box Backup has its
*own* software RAID functionality.  I shall re-read the documentation
- I may just  have missed the obvious, or it may be that that needs to
be spelled out more clearly.

> Just specify a single directory within /data to raidfile-config.

Great - that's what I've done.

> Ben

S.