"Atkinson, Chip" wrote: > > Greetings, > > Am I correct in assuming that there is no need for md* stuff on a non-raid > box? > > It seems that it is a waste of process space to me. > > Chip This is correct. md is for raid or various forms of combining disks. If you did a linear append, it wouldn't be raid, but two normal drives would appear to be a single larger drive.