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Software Raid 10 on VirtualBox?

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http://serverfault.com – I want to learn how to use Software Raid 10, is it possible to use VirtualBox by adding four storage images? This is my plan: 4x 100mb partitions (1 on each drive) configured as a raid 1 for /boot in ext3. Then with the remaining space on each drive, setup a software raid partition and configure it to to LVM and raid 10. In the LVM, set up a 4gb swap partition and the remaining space as the root partition ( / ) as ext3. (HowTos)

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Submitted by dayu on 04/01/2012 – Made popular on 04/01/2012

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