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1 | Subject: ANNOUNCE: mdadm 1.5.0 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux |
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4 | I am pleased to announce the availability of | |
5 | mdadm version 1.5.0 | |
6 | It is available at | |
7 | http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdadm/ | |
8 | and | |
9 | http://www.{countrycode}.kernel.org/pub/utils/raid/mdadm/ | |
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11 | as a source tar-ball and (at the first site) as an SRPM, and as an RPM for i386. | |
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13 | mdadm is a tool for creating, managing and monitoring | |
14 | device arrays using the "md" driver in Linux, also | |
15 | known as Software RAID arrays. | |
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17 | Release 1.5.0 adds: | |
18 | - new command "mdassemble" for use in initrd/initramfs. | |
19 | - raid6 support (for 2.6.2 and later kernels) | |
20 | - RebuildFinished event in monitor mode. | |
21 | - include rebuild status in --detail output. | |
22 | - fixes for assorted compilation problems | |
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24 | Development of mdadm is sponsored by CSE@UNSW: | |
25 | The School of Computer Science and Engineering | |
26 | at | |
27 | The University of New South Wales | |
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29 | NeilBrown 22 Jan 2004 |