Re: RAID 1 vs RAID 0

[Brad Campbell <brad@wasp.net.au>]

Max Waterman wrote:
> 
> Still, it seems like it should be a solvable problem...if you order the 
> data differently on each disk; for example, in the two disk case, 
> putting odd and even numbered 'stripes' on different platters [or sides 
> of platters].
> 

The only problem there is determining the internal geometry of the disk, and knowing that each disk 
is probably different. How do you know which logical sector number correlates to which surface and 
where abouts on the surface? Just thinking about it makes my brain hurt.

Not like the good old days of the old stepper disks.

Brad
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