On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Iain Rauch <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The typical use case for me is this: I will run the array (/dev/md11) in >> degraded mode (without /dev/nbd0) for a week or so. >> At some point, I will try to synchronize the underlying devices. > > Sounds like rsync is more suited to your application. > Why are you using RAID? If I were transferring files then rsync would be fine. Files have mutable state (applications may be writing to them at the time of transfer, etc...) and a whole host of other issues. > Why are you using RAID? I want a *mirror* of the block device. -- Jon -- 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
