Gvinum RAID1+0

[krad]

On 24 February 2010 00:59, Pieter de Goeje <pieter at degoeje.nl> wrote:

> On Tuesday 23 February 2010 23:11:37 Andrew Klaassen wrote:
> > >From the lack of response, am I correct to conclude that Gvinum can't do
> > > RAID1+0 (as opposed to RAID0+1)?
>
> I'll bite.
>
> Is there a particular reason why you want to use gvinum instead of a
> combination of gmirror and gstripe?
>
> I don't have any experience with vinum and can only come to the same
> conclusion as you have after reading the docs. It seems vinum does mirrored
> stripes by design.
>
> - Pieter
>
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > --- On Mon, 2/22/10, Andrew Klaassen <clawsoon at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > Newbie question:  I'm trying to figure out how to
> > > create a stripe-over-mirrors, aka RAID1+0, with
> > > Gvinum.  The manual gives an example for a
> > > mirror-over-stripes, aka RAID0+1, but I can't for the life
> > > of me figure out from that example or others I've feebly
> > > Googled how to do a RAID1+0.  I'm using 112 drives, so
> > > I'd much rather have RAID1+0 than RAID0+1.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have an example kicking around they could
> > > kindly send me?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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i would stay away from gvinum, and use gstripe/gmirror, or zfs if your box
can handle it