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Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 20:10:04 +0100
From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Is the new RAID implementation going to
	deprecate	traditional stripes and mirrors?
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On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 11:58:54AM -0700, ben wrote:
> Does all the new RAID MD support mean the standard LVM type of mirrors and 
> stripes will go away or at least not be further developed?
 
Current thinking:

Stripes remain as-is (they're very simple, it's not worth changing).

Preferred mirror switches to md, but existing mirror implementation
remains available and continues to be used for temporary mirrors like 
pvmove.

Alasdair