On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 01:31:59PM +0600, Roman Mamedov wrote: > On Fri, 6 May 2011 09:17:52 +0200 > Keld Jørn Simonsen <keld@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I would like linux MD raid10 functionality to be part of the Linux MD > > RAID1 module, and be called raid1. This is in accordance with the > > use of the RAID1 term as standadized by SNIA. In fact the RAID10-offset > > layout is an implementation of a SNIA RAID specification. The RAID10-near > > layout is an implementation of a simple RAID layout. And the RAID10-far > > layout is just another layout far a mirrored RAID. So all these types > > could just be defined as different RAID1 layouts. > > RAID1 is RAID1, RAID10 is RAID10. > RAID1 on 4 drives is very different from RAID10 on 4 drives. > Don't add confusion by trying to rename RAID10 to RAID1. How are they different? Say what is the difference between a Linux MD RAID1 with 4 disks, and the default Linux MD RAID10 with 4 disks? (in the near layout)? Best regards keld -- 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
