--- On Mon, 4/26/10, Michael Evans <mjevans1983@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- On Mon, 4/26/10, Michael Evans <mjevans1983@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > However, it doesn't say what happens with a larger > > number of drives. I'm looking for the kind of control I > > can get with RAID 1+0, where I can specify which drives are > > mirrors of each other. Is that possible with RAID10? > > No, not predictably; the only provided guarantee is that > the data will > /not/ be duplicated on the same block-device (usually > drive). In > practice you will quickly be able to determine where a > particular > version with a given range of input causes data to be > stored, but > there is no requirement that future versions produce the > precise same > alignment and offsets. Ah. So if I want this level of control, I have to sacrifice the advantages of RAID 10 and go with RAID 1+0. Good to know. Thanks. Andrew -- 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
