>>> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:09:27 -0500, thomas62186218@xxxxxxx >>> said: > [ ... ] a RAID 10 "personality" defined in md that can be > implemented using mdadm. If so, is it available in 2.6.20.11, > [ ... ] Very good choice about 'raid10' in general. For a single layer just use '-l raid10'. Run 'man mdadm', the '-l' option and also the '-p' option for the more exotic variants. Also 'man 4 md' the "RAID10" section. The pairs are formed naturally out of the block device list (first with second listed, and so on). > 8 drive RAID 10 would actually consist of 5 md devices (four > RAID 1's and one RAID 0). [ ... ] one RAID 10, that would of > course be better both in terms of management and probably > performance I would guess. [ ... ] Indeed easier in terms of management and there are some interesting options for layout. Not sure about performance, as sometimes I have seen strange interactions with the page cache either way, but usually '-l raid10' is the way to go as you say. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
