Bug 189316 – RFE: Allow degraded (one-way) RAID1 installs

Bug 189316 - RFE: Allow degraded (one-way) RAID1 installs

Summary:	RFE: Allow degraded (one-way) RAID1 installs

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	anaconda (Show other bugs)
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Version:	4.0
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact:	Mike McLean
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URL:	http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/show...
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Duplicates:	825866 825867 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2006-04-18 22:17 EDT by Gordon Rowell
Modified:	2012-05-30 12:52 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2006-04-19 11:21:10 EDT
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Allow degraded RAID1 installs (4.80 KB, patch) 2006-04-18 22:17 EDT, Gordon Rowell	no flags	Details \| Diff
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Description Gordon Rowell 2006-04-18 22:17:19 EDT

This is an SME Server patch, pushed upstream for consideration.

We always install on RAID1, even with a single disk. This allows a smooth
transition to a mirrored configuration at a later stage.

The attached patch makes this a valid configuration and starts the RAID device
in degraded mode.

Comment 1 Gordon Rowell 2006-04-18 22:17:19 EDT

Created attachment 127965 [details]
Allow degraded RAID1 installs

Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2006-04-19 11:21:10 EDT

We intentionally do not support degraded installs because they give a false
sense of redundancy to a user who is unaware that what they're doing is creating
a degraded array.

Comment 3 Gordon Rowell 2006-04-19 17:57:39 EDT

(In reply to comment #2)
> We intentionally do not support degraded installs because they give a false
> sense of redundancy to a user who is unaware that what they're doing is creating
> a degraded array.

Understood. Thanks.

Comment 4 Marc Bejarano 2006-08-10 15:56:37 EDT

it sounds like the purported problem is a user education one.  good
documentation and perhaps some UI work is the solution.  this would be quite a
useful feature.

Comment 5 Martin Sivák 2012-05-29 06:56:49 EDT

*** Bug 825867 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Jesse Keating 2012-05-29 14:18:22 EDT

*** Bug 825866 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Marc Bejarano 2012-05-30 12:52:27 EDT

hi jeremy.

care to comment on my comment 4 above?

tia

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