From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk Subject: Re: raid10 physical layout? Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 15:31:33 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <7725748.4.1369488693863.JavaMail.root@zimbra> References: <519FBBE5.7050802@turmel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <519FBBE5.7050802@turmel.org> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Phil Turmel Cc: linux-raid , Matt Garman List-Id: linux-raid.ids > > I'm looking into building a six-disk raid10. The six disks are > > comprised of three from one manufacturer, and three from another. >=20 > > But based on what I've been reading, looks like mdadm's more > > sophisticated raid10 layout schemes give better performance. For > > example, can I create a raid10,f2 set in such a way as to meet my > > "redundant copies on different manufacturer" criteria? >=20 > Just alternate the manufacturers when you list the devices in the > "--create" operation. MD lays out raid10,f2 redundant data on adjacen= t > disks. (Wraps around.) You also may want to consider using LVM instead of md RAID-10, since th= e latter isn't very flexible - you can't add new drives or otherwise gr= ow raid-10 (atm). Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 98013356 roy@karlsbakk.net http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ GPG Public key: http://karlsbakk.net/roysigurdkarlsbakk.pubkey.txt -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt.= Det er et element=C3=A6rt imperativ for alle pedagoger =C3=A5 unng=C3=A5= eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med xenotyp etymologi. I de fleste tilf= eller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer p=C3=A5 norsk. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html