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From: Caveman Al Toraboran <toraboracaveman@××××××××××.com>
To: "gentoo-user@l.g.o" <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] which linux RAID setup to choose?
Date: Sun, 03 May 2020 09:21:20
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In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] which linux RAID setup to choose? by Wols Lists
1 On Sunday, May 3, 2020 1:14 PM, Wols Lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2
3 > > Q3: what are the future growth/shrinkage
4 > > options for a RAID10 setup? e.g. with
5 > > respect to these:
6 > >
7 > > 1. read/write speed.
8 > >
9 >
10 > iirc far is good for speed.
11 >
12 > > 2. tolerance guarantee towards failing
13 > > disks.
14 > >
15 >
16 > Guarantees? If you have two mirrors. the guarantee is just ONE disk. Yes
17 > you can gamble on losing more.
18 >
19 > > 3. total available space.
20 > >
21 >
22 > iirc you can NOT grow the far layout.
23
24 sorry, typo, i meant "near" (the command was right
25 though --layout=n2)