From: Jon Nelson <jnelson-linux-raid@jamponi.net>
To: Iain Rauch <groups@email.iain.rauch.co.uk>
Cc: LinuxRaid <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: raid1 + 2.6.27.7 issues
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 11:25:23 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cccedfc60902090925s78769febl678445fdd56b7539@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C5B60EA5.C47B%groups@email.iain.rauch.co.uk>
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Iain Rauch
<groups@email.iain.rauch.co.uk> wrote:
>> The typical use case for me is this: I will run the array (/dev/md11) in
>> degraded mode (without /dev/nbd0) for a week or so.
>> At some point, I will try to synchronize the underlying devices.
>
> Sounds like rsync is more suited to your application.
> Why are you using RAID?
If I were transferring files then rsync would be fine. Files have
mutable state (applications may be writing to them at the time of
transfer, etc...) and a whole host of other issues.
> Why are you using RAID?
I want a *mirror* of the block device.
--
Jon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-09 17:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-09 16:36 raid1 + 2.6.27.7 issues Jon Nelson
2009-02-09 16:47 ` Iain Rauch
2009-02-09 16:59 ` Ray Van Dolson
2009-02-09 17:49 ` Jon Nelson
2009-02-09 17:53 ` Ray Van Dolson
2009-02-09 18:13 ` Jon Nelson
[not found] ` <4990843B.7010708@tmr.com>
2009-02-09 20:56 ` Jon Nelson
2009-02-09 17:25 ` Jon Nelson [this message]
2009-02-09 22:17 ` Neil Brown
2009-02-10 0:07 ` Jon Nelson
2009-02-11 5:06 ` Neil Brown
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