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Khaled
Asked: 2010-11-10 03:28:58 +0800 CST

Boot partition on Raid?

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I have a machine with two HD drives. I want to use Raid1 for redundancy to avoid data loss.

I have two possible scenarios:

1- Install /boot partition on both drives using Raid1.

2- Install 2 separate /boot partitions on each drive without Raid.

My concern is to be able to the system even if one HD failed. Will this requirement be met in both cases or at least in one them?

I think the performance will not be an issue here.

I am talking about a Linux machine.

boot raid1

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  1. Best Answer

    You'd have to install grub separately in each MBR, but it can be done with /boot via RAID 1. You may have to switch the boot drive in the event of failure though, if the first drive fails.

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