Re: How to format RAID1 correctly

[Helmut Tessarek <tessarek@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 23.09.14 23:05 , stan hoeppner wrote:
> It confuses many people who are new to md RAID1.  The above is the
> *bitmap* chunk size, not the array chunk size.  There is no array chunk
> size for RAID1 as there is no striping.  You must have striping to have
> chunks.  With md RAID1 every 4KB page write is simply mirrored to each
> physical disk.

Thanks for the info. I'm used to big ass storage subsystems, but new to SW
RAID. I seems I have some catching up to do.

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