The [man dmraid] page and [dmraid -l] is backwards for RAID10 vs RAID01 as well. A "10" should be a "stripe on top of mirrors" and a "01" should be a "mirror on top of stripes". We should also list "01" as "RAID01", not "RAID10" in the man page. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nested_RAID_levels Thanks, Jason >-----Original Message----- >From: ataraid-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:ataraid-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gaston, Jason D >Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 3:52 PM >To: mauelshagen@xxxxxxxxxx; ATARAID (eg, Promise Fasttrak, >Highpoint 370) related discussions >Subject: raid10 vs raid01 type in dmraid > >I think that the array for nested raid levels, in metadata.c, may be >upside down. When I build a raid0+1 with Intel or Nvidia (one mirror >array of two stripe arrays), it is reported as a "raid10" with [dmraid >-s], this should be "raid01". If I reverse the nesting to raid10, in >Intel (one stripe array of two mirror arrays), it is reported as a >"raid01" with [dmraid -s], this should be "raid10". > >Can we just reverse the array in metadata.c? > >From: >static const char *stacked_ascii_type[][5] = { > { "raid10", "raid30", "raid40", "raid50", "raid60" }, > { "raid01", "raid03", "raid04", "raid05", "raid06" }, >}; > >To: >static const char *stacked_ascii_type[][5] = { >{ "raid01", "raid03", "raid04", "raid05", "raid06" }, >{ "raid10", "raid30", "raid40", "raid50", "raid60" }, > >}; > >Thanks, > >Jason > >_______________________________________________ >Ataraid-list mailing list >Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
