![]() ![]() Repeat same steps (as for disk A): type x (for expert), then z (for zap), answer Y (wipe out GPT) and again Y (blank out MBR) Type x (for expert), then z (for zap), answer Y (wipe out GPT) and again Y (blank out MBR) Note: I’ve linked some info about OVH/SoYouStart servers, but before you try this on one of their offers, or similar, be sure you understand how to configure your firewall so that your hosting company won’t dispatch maintenance because they are not able to monitor your server. At some point I should edit this post to describe a ZFS based install… oh well, if I have the time. Last generation filesystems such as ZFS or BTRFS should be preferred over software or hardware RAID when possible. Note about RAID: RAID won’t protect you from silent data corruption, it’s really a basic tool to recover from the failure of a drive assuming that the data on the other drive(s) is reliable. Network setup is assumed to be based on DHCP, localization is minimal. You should customize it further according to your system and/or the features you need. The kernel config linked in this tutorial should work as-is if you use VMware Workstation/Player, but it doesn’t have many features activated. If you have SSDs then it doesn’t really matter. ![]() When using VMWare Workstation/Player, create your two virtual hard drives on different physical hard drives if possible, to make it easier on your drives mechanics. Once you get a working system under VMware Workstation/Player, it should be rather straightforward to adapt this tutorial to any virtual or physical hardware.įor this tutorial I assume a RAID1 setup on two physical (or virtual) 16GB+ hard drives. I’ve actually put this tutorial together to remember how to install the OS on the rented server this blog is running on, or if I have to do it again to install a new server. The main differences between the Gentoo Handbook and this tutorial are the emphasis on RAID and the use of Gentoo Hardened. Once you get familiar following the handbook and installing a simple system, you’ll be able to move on to the slightly more complex setup described here. If not, I would recommend getting some by following the Gentoo Handbook on a virtual system like VMware Workstation/Player. This tutorial tries to stick to a step-by-step approach, but your chances to reach the end with a working system will be most likely higher if you already have previous experience installing Gentoo systems. SoftRAID requires Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later.Note: this note has been originally written end of 2015, but I updated it on as some steps were not consistent anymore. SoftRAID 5.0.7 is a free update to all registered users of SoftRAID 5.x. This produces reads speeds which approach that off a RAID 5 volume with the same number of disks. SoftRAID is now uses both disks in each mirror pair of a RAID 1+0 volume. Reads from RAID 1+0 volumes are now up to 67% faster than AppleRAID. SoftRAID has also improved the performance for RAID 1+0 volumes. SoftRAID mirror volumes with two disks can now read at speeds of up to 270 MB/sec using HDDs (disks with rotating media) and 710 MB/sec using SSDs (disks with solid state media). By spreading the reads over multiple disks, reads from mirror volumes now approach the speed of stripe volumes. SoftRAID is now uses all of the disks in a mirror volume for reading data. In version 5.0.7, reads from SoftRAID mirror volumes (RAID 1) are now up to 86% faster than AppleRAID. Any SoftRAID volume can use up to 16 disks. With SoftRAID, you can create volumes with several different RAID levels. SoftRAID (has updated its self-title software to version 5.0.7, which is reportedly up to 86% faster.
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