[arch-general] Future of dmraid on nvidia chipsets in Arch?
Dave, All, After reading https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31236, I am left with the question of "Can I move forward with Arch with my servers that have dmraid for / and /home with nvidia chipsets?" Thanks for the dmraid update dr, but will that package continue to be available? I have 3 dmraid production servers, all nvidia chipset based (reference https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_with_Fake_RAID). Bug 31236 addressed handling /home on dmraid, but excluded any discussion of / or /boot on dmraid. It also noted that the move from dmraid->mdraid was only supported for Intel chipset based controllers. Is there planned support for existing nvidia based dmraid arrays in Arch, whether by conversion to mdraid (when chipset support is available) or will the dmraid package (as patched by dreisner) continue to be available to support booting nvidia based systems under systemd? From a server standpoint (no dual-boot dmraid availability required), is the best long-term option to simply completely rebuild using mdraid (pure software raid) eliminating dmraid altogether? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:40 PM, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
Is there planned support for existing nvidia based dmraid arrays in Arch,
I can only speak for myself, but to the best of my knowledge no Arch devs use dmraid, and upstream appears to be dead. Based on that I'd say the best choice would be to move away from dmraid if you can.
whether by conversion to mdraid (when chipset support is available) or will the
If/when mdraid has the required chipset support I don't think there is anything we need to do at the distro level, it would be up to the admins to make the change.
dmraid package (as patched by dreisner) continue to be available to support booting nvidia based systems under systemd?
I don't see us removing dmraid as long as it works and mdraid does not cover the same chipsets. How long that (both dmraid working and mdraid not supporting the same) will be the case I don't know.
From a server standpoint (no dual-boot dmraid availability required), is the best long-term option to simply completely rebuild using mdraid (pure software raid) eliminating dmraid altogether?
I would go for that if you can. -t
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