[Info-vax] RAID vs. MOUNT/BIND

[Bob Koehler]

In article <ic0cpb$6hu$1 at online.de>, helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) writes:
> I might need some logical disks bigger than any physical disks I have.  
> Controller-based RAID is not an option (don't have enough controllers 
> for the needed redundancy), so the options are host-based RAID and 
> volume sets.  If the only point is to create a larger logical disk, 
> which is better?

   Volume sets can spread files over two physical disks and make them
   look like one, but cannot spread a single file over two disks.  So if
   there is enough space on the pair for a new large file, but not on
   either disk, it won't fit.

   RAID can split a single file over multiple disks.