[linux-lvm] [RFC] dmraid design 1.0.3
Kevin P. Fleming
kpfleming at backtobasicsmgmt.com
Fri May 28 17:00:22 UTC 2004
Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
> o do we need to support partitions on RAID sets ?
IMHO the answer is no, because dmpartx (or whatever it's called) can do
this today. It can use dm tables to slice up any existing block device,
whether it's a raw disk or a dm-constructed RAID set.
> Open questions:
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>
> o do we need to prioritize on device-mapper targets for higher RAID levels
> (in particular we'ld need RAID5 to support some ATARAID formats) ?
Personally I would be thrilled to see this work move ahead; in fact, I'd
be happy to see this dmraid tool support the Linux MD metadata so I can
use dm targets for my MD RAID-1 systems (thereby reducing the amount of
code I build into my kernel).
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