[CentOS] "Shortcut" for creating a software RAID 60?

Sorin Srbu
2016-10-26T05:38:05Z

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> Behalf Of Gordon Messmer
> Sent: den 25 oktober 2016 20:54
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] "Shortcut" for creating a software RAID 60?
>
> On 10/25/2016 05:41 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote:
> > I found a shortcut for creating a software RAID 10
("--level=10"),
device in
> > CentOS 6.
>
> That's not really a shortcut, per se.  RAID10 in Linux is not
> necessarily similar to RAID1+0.  The default, "near" layout is
the
> classic 1+0 layout, but other modes of operation are supported by the
> RAID10 driver.

Thanks for the clarification.
Close enough though, for my intended use!

You mention modes however.
I don't recall seeing any particular info on that.

Care to elaborate a bit on that, if it's not too OT?


> > Besides, I haven't found any way to fail a member disk, as is
possible
to do
> > when using RAID level 10.
>
> If you built a RAID0 array of RAID6 arrays, then you'd fail a disk by
> marking it failed and removing it from whichever RAID6 array it was a
> member of, in the same fashion as you'd remove it from any other array
> type.

Aha, thanks!


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//Sorin