Re: RAID-10 with odd number of disks (was Re: Software RAID 0+1 with mdadm.)

["berk walker" <berk@panix.com>]

In the past, I have found the quite often, too often, the disk errors  
happened in the 1st sectors of the disk (and I still have to reboot  
often).  It does not look good when losing a whole disk, eh?
b-


On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:16:31 -0500, Guy <bugzilla@watkins-home.com> wrote:

> It rotates the pairs!
> Assume 3 disks, A, B and C.
> Each stripe would be on these disks:
> A+B
> C+A
> B+C
> A+B
> C+A
> B+C
> ...
>
> Maybe not exactly as above, but if not, something similar.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org
> [mailto:linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Andy Smith
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:19 AM
> To: 'linux-raid'
> Subject: RAID-10 with odd number of disks (was Re: Software RAID 0+1 with
> mdadm.)
>
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 10:50:43AM -0500, Guy wrote:
>> RAID10 will work with an odd number of disks!  If really is cool!
>
> It will?  How?  Does it just make the last mirror "pair" have 3
> disks or what?
>
> If so then wouldn't it be better just to not have that disk under
> md and use it for someting else?
>



-- 
Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/