.BR RAID6 ,
.BR RAID10 ,
.BR MULTIPATH ,
+.BR FAULTY ,
and
-.BR FAULTY .
+.BR CONTAINER .
.B MULTIPATH
is not a Software RAID mechanism, but does involve
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