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From: Jon Nelson <jnelson-linux-raid@jamponi.net>
Subject: Re: raid1 + 2.6.27.7 issues
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 11:25:23 -0600
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On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Iain Rauch
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>> 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