On Fri, 8 Mar 2013, Lars Engblom wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After reading BIOCTL(8) I found this line:
> "Use of the CRYPTO & RAID 4/5 disciplines are currently considered
> experimental."
>
> After I have been reading this thread, I realize the documentation is
> probably lagging behind:
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.misc/192747
>
> Crypto is still mentioned as experimental even though one year ago it
> was considered stable. How is it with RAID5?
The man pages are lagging slightly (not by much) - the RAID4/5 status is
however accurate.
> I will probably have to install a server to receive backups from another
> backup server. It will need to run RAID5 and accurate manual pages are
> critical for me when I pick the OS. Most of our server are running
> OpenBSD and I hope the RAID5 support is mature for real use.
No, it is not. The current status of RAID4/5 is documented in the above
mentioned thread - in short there are several mechanisms that are not yet
implemented. If you want to use softraid(4) in production you will want to
use RAID 1. Otherwise I'd recommend a hardware RAID5 controller.
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