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From: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
To: kedacomkernel <kedacomkernel@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-raid <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: question about raid10 near copy info in man mdadm.
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:20:04 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120416162004.0ec4939c@notabene.brown> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201204161410242964436@gmail.com>

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On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:10:28 +0800 "kedacomkernel" <kedacomkernel@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Why not use md's description instead of mdadm' content?
> I think this may be better,especially for people who's native language  is not English.
> 

Send me a patch which you think is an improvement.
If I agree, I'll apply it.

Thanks,
NeilBrown


> ------------------				 
> kedacomkernel
> 2012-04-16
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> 发件人:NeilBrown
> 发送日期:2012-04-16 14:01:18
> 收件人:kedacomkernel
> 抄送:linux-raid
> 主题:Re: question about raid10 near copy info in man mdadm.
> 
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:46:46 +0800 "kedacomkernel" <kedacomkernel@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > This is the man md about:
> > 		When 'near' replicas are chosen, the multiple copies of a given chunk are laid out consecutively  across
> >        the  stripes  of  the  array,  so the two copies of a datablock will likely be at the same offset on two
> >        adjacent devices.
> 
> "likely" is different from "certainly".  In most cases they are the same
> offset.  In some cases they are different offsets.  I think "likely"
> describes that well enough.
> 
> > 
> > I think the word "similar" is the same. 
> 
> "similar" is not the same as "same", though it is similar .....
> 
> "same" means there is no difference.
> "similar" means there might be a difference, but it is not a big difference.
> 
> Does that clear it up?
> 
> NeilBrown
> 
> 


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      reply	other threads:[~2012-04-16  6:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-16  5:28 question about raid10 near copy info in man mdadm kedacomkernel
2012-04-16  5:41 ` NeilBrown
2012-04-16  5:46   ` kedacomkernel
2012-04-16  6:01     ` NeilBrown
2012-04-16  6:10     ` kedacomkernel
2012-04-16  6:20       ` NeilBrown [this message]

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