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| author | madduck <madduck@3cfab66f-1918-0410-86b3-c06b76f9a464> | 2006-09-13 08:36:26 +0000 |
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| committer | madduck <madduck@3cfab66f-1918-0410-86b3-c06b76f9a464> | 2006-09-13 08:36:26 +0000 |
| commit | 2cab92271530d600fe02383277f91830138ede4b (patch) | |
| tree | 8b583e62038ae544d0dc5cf26db86517dedca2ea /debian/FAQ | |
| parent | f76f67b278bd7b086570f9ad8dd3dcaec659a06c (diff) | |
* Reworked the documentation with respect to the use of "MD" and "RAID", and
added a FAQ entry on the meaning of "MD". Thanks to Frans Pop for his
help!
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| -rw-r--r-- | debian/FAQ | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ Frequently asked questions -- Debian mdadm Also see /usr/share/doc/mdadm/README.recipes.gz +0. What does MD stand for? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +MD is an abbreviation for "multi device". The Linux MD implementation +implements various strategies for combining multiple physical devices into +single logical ones. The most common use case is commonly known as "Software +RAID". Linux supports RAID levels 1, 5, 6, and 10, as well as the +"pseudo-redundant" RAID level 0. In addition, the MD implementation covers +linear and multipath configurations. + +Most people refer to MD as RAID. Since the original name of the RAID +configuration software is "md"adm, I chose to use MD consistently instead. + 1. How do I overwrite ("zero") the superblock? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/mdX @@ -26,7 +38,7 @@ Also see /usr/share/doc/mdadm/README.recipes.gz this may not be what you want. Instead, zeroing the superblock will (permanently) prevent a device from being considered as part of an array. -2. How do I change the preferred minor of a MD array (RAID)? +2. How do I change the preferred minor of an MD array (RAID)? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See item 12 in /usr/share/doc/mdadm/README.recipes.gz and read the mdadm manpage (search for 'preferred'). |