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@ 2013-06-30 18:43 aurfalien
  2013-06-30 19:08 ` Peter Grandi
  2013-06-30 21:42 ` Stan Hoeppner
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: aurfalien @ 2013-06-30 18:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi,

I understand swidth should = #data disks.

And the docs say for RAID 6 of 8 disks, that means 6.

But parity is distributed and you actually have 8 disks/spindles working for you and a bit of parity on each.

So shouldn't swidth equal disks in raid when its concerning distributed parity raid?

- aurf
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2013-06-30 18:43 swidth in RAID aurfalien
2013-06-30 19:08 ` Peter Grandi
2013-06-30 21:42 ` Stan Hoeppner
2013-06-30 22:36   ` aurfalien
2013-07-01  1:38   ` Dave Chinner
2013-07-01  1:54     ` aurfalien
2013-07-01  2:09       ` Dave Chinner
2013-07-01  2:47         ` Stan Hoeppner
2013-07-01  2:54           ` aurfalien
2013-07-02 21:48             ` Peter Grandi
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