From 90c8d6680de9069e1d09166e146e2be53c280924 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NeilBrown Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 20:51:12 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Man page update for containers etc. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown --- mdadm.8 | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mdadm.8 b/mdadm.8 index 9f62b012..329cea02 100644 --- a/mdadm.8 +++ b/mdadm.8 @@ -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 -- 2.39.2