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author | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> | 2008-11-04 20:51:12 +1100 |
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committer | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> | 2008-11-04 20:51:12 +1100 |
commit | 90c8d6680de9069e1d09166e146e2be53c280924 (patch) | |
tree | ace385d717a530a9f606a85b1a3c003471d63f3a /mdadm.8 | |
parent | a9e1c11d8b1a3637d269a0f7931c4a79c40ae170 (diff) |
Man page update for containers etc.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'mdadm.8')
-rw-r--r-- | mdadm.8 | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ md devices, .BR RAID6 , .BR RAID10 , .BR MULTIPATH , +.BR FAULTY , and -.BR FAULTY . +.BR CONTAINER . .B MULTIPATH is not a Software RAID mechanism, but does involve @@ -50,6 +51,19 @@ each device is a path to one common physical storage device. is also not true RAID, and it only involves one device. It provides a layer over a true device that can be used to inject faults. +B CONTAINER +is different again. A CONTAINER is a collection of devices that are +managed as a set. This is similar to the set of devices connected to +a hardware RAID controller. The set of devices may contain a number +of different RAID arrays each utilising some (or all) blocks from a +number of the devices in the set. For example, two devices in a 5-device set +might form a RAID1 used the whole devices. The remaining three might +have a RAID5 over the first half of each device, and a RAID0 over the +second half. + +With a CONTAINER, there is one set of metadata the describes + + .\".I mdadm .\"is a program that can be used to create, manage, and monitor .\"MD devices. As |