On Tuesday April 22, bcrook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I am considering implementing multipath for iSCSI. Documentation is > scant though, so I thought I'd ask my questions here. > > Does mdadm multipath loadbalance IO, or just allow for failover, or both? > Is there any advantage to notifying mdadm pre-emptively if possible > before a path goes down? > I assume bringing a path online has to be done manually like adding a > disk. Can spare paths be used? > > The kernel involved is 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5. > > Thank you for your time. I recommend against using md based multipath. It is not being seriously maintained. dm (aka device mapper) based multipath is where the action is. NeilBrown -- 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
