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Subject: Re: Feature request: true RAID-1 mode
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On 06/25/2012 08:21 AM, Chris Mason wrote:
> Yes and no.  If you have 2 drives and you add one more, we can make it
> do all new chunks over 3 drives.  But, turning the existing double
> mirror chunks into a triple mirror requires a balance.
> 
> -chris

So trigger one.  This is the exact analogue to the resync pass that is
required in classic RAID after adding new media.

	-hpa