10.4: How to create a partitioned RAID setup

I just read this older hint about RAID and partitions on OS X Server, and it seems that it does not work in 10.4. So I tried doing it differently. I opened Disk Utility from the utilities folder and did the following. On the two disks I would be using, I created equal partions, i.e. all the same size. I named these partitions 1a, 2a, 3a on the one drive, and 1b, 2b, 3b on the second. Then I went to the RAID tab and did this: Dragged the partions 1a and 1b to the RAID window and clicked Create. Dragged the partions 2a and 2b to the RAID window and clicked Create. Dragged the partions 3a and 3b to the RAID window and clicked Create. Now I had three RAID partitions. I don't know how safe this is, but it seems fine after running some tests.
Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:30:03 +0200

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