From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759724AbYEBOON (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 10:14:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762885AbYEBONr (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 10:13:47 -0400 Received: from web50210.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.38.51]:22648 "HELO web50210.mail.re2.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S935163AbYEBONq (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 10:13:46 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=sgxfKzK0yYiUOHbFIQYpBap9rrlsxu5XyDkCsJJ+VXQxkxf8jD1GC8bBZwV925PoPOBeNXBO6jZnxrZNUGaL2N5eoGHuiTvwp5lF9+smwJIUN0YxJ8tnkBcOIGS4gZRvFGYq6gZqbOk3tm3IrOV/cnDOZGAAXIEdNp0IvYeZxxs=; X-YMail-OSG: 8RtBAI8VM1nsbY8Od7RE3KR7Ub94TE_apjhhIYzCd_N9ZT7__LgPSBw.aUalaJxgInJi1469BcGkbrjhe1jH6iJEz4WW4QQ6_a9TKV.LSj8ggp4mJZYKH7AgXQ-- X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.185 Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 07:13:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex Davis Subject: Re: Sharing disks amoung multiple software RAIDs To: Richard Michael , Kasper Sandberg , Helge Hafting Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <481B1A7D.2020000@aitel.hist.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <271684.86609.qm@web50210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > > Can you explain what you mean, exactly? > > As an example, you have disks /dev/sd[abc]. /dev/md0 would be made > > from /dev/sda1, /dev/sdb1, and /dev/sdc1; /dev/md1 would be made > > from /dev/sda2, /dev/sdb2, and /dev/sdc2. > I've been watching this thread with interest, because I wanted > clarification on what the OP meant. > If by "sharing disks", the OP meant the above, I'm surprised (and > concerned) there's any question at all. How is this anything other > than the definition of "mirror"? md0 and md1 are both RAID 5 arrays, not mirrors. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ