Re: [PATCH 000 of 5] md: Introduction

[Heinz Mauelshagen]

On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 01:03:44AM +0100, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:
> On 2006-01-21T01:01:42, Heinz Mauelshagen <mauelshagen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > Why not provide a dm-md wrapper which could then
> > > load/interface to all md personalities?
> > As we want to enrich the mapping flexibility (ie, multi-segment fine grained
> > mappings) of dm by adding targets as we go, a certain degree and transitional
> > existence of duplicate code is the price to gain that flexibility.
> 
> A dm-md wrapper would give you the same?

No, we'ld need to stack more complex to achieve mappings.
Think lvm2 and logical volume level raid5.

> 
> 
> Sincerely,
>     Lars Marowsky-Brée
> 
> -- 
> High Availability & Clustering
> SUSE Labs, Research and Development
> SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - A Novell Business	 -- Charles Darwin
> "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"

-- 

Regards,
Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --

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Heinz Mauelshagen                                 Red Hat GmbH
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