Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:51:07 +0100 | From | Jakob Oestergaard <> | Subject | Re: raid1 oops in 2.6.9 (debian package 2.6.9-1-686-smp) |
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On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 01:02:59PM +0100, Jurriaan wrote: > From: Jakob Oestergaard <jakob@unthought.net> > Date: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 11:07:08AM +0100 > > Why oh why, do we need raid10 ? > > Raid-10 allows things currently not possible with raid-0/raid-1, like > spreading 2 pieces of data over 3 pieces of harddisk.
Sounds weird to me, but hey, that's probably just me :)
> > Their was an introductory message on the linux-raid mailinglist, but > it's more than one month old so I don't have a local copy.
I must have missed it when I looked for it then - I'll look again.
Thanks!
> > > And; if raid10 does not provide new functionality that was not possible > > with raid1 + raid0, why oh why does this get accepted in a stable kernel > > series? > > New drivers that are not enabled by default have always been allowed in > stable kernels, since they don't have an impact on stability for the > average user.
True
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/ jakob
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