Mark Allums wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 04/28/08 17:47, Mark Allums wrote:
>> Is RAID6 supported by Linux/GNU/Debian/Etch/Lenny/Sid, at all?
>>
>> Can't find any info on this, other than unhelpful references.
>>
>> Wikipedia was a bust. Google references only seem to indicate that it
>> is still experimental.
>
> Do you mean the md software RAID driver?
Yes, I mean software RAID.
>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> A horrendously expensive hardware RAID card with battery-backup and
> lots of cache would do the trick...
Any *helpful* suggestions?
Oh, Helpful suggestions!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
md0 : active raid1 hdg6[0] hdh6[1]
76613888 blocks [2/2] [UU]
So, since I have mdadm installed and I am running raid1, the cat results
in listing raid6 as a possible "Personality" I would say it works just
fine. YMMV. Try it.
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