I could offer some small help with RAID 5 documentation/setups
I've got two small arrays that i've been running here for some
time (34GB & 51GB). Under linux 2.0.36/2.2.0..
Steve
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From: Chris Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Monday, February 15, 1999 11:25
Subject: Re: RAID1 experiences - patches
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>On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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>> unavoidable. Still waiting for someone with better documentation skills
>> than mine to pick the maintainance of RAID-docs up :)
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> I would be more than willing to do this, but I admittedly know
>very little about linux-raid. I would be more than happy to co-operate in
>some documentation efforts with some more knowledgeable raid people.
>
> Something else I would like to mention in terms of general Linux
>documentation: quite a few docs I have read seem to be written for Linux
>users with intermediate to high levels of skill. Unfortunately, this
>apporach overlooks the group of people that mostly need the documentation
>-> the novices. Clearly stating each step, and noting common
>pitfalls/gotchas is easy, but is often overlooked . Most documenters
>(IMO) are writing from the perspective of an intermediate to senior skill
>level (ie: to them, some steps are 'simple' and to novices the same steps
>are seemingly insurmountable).
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> Chris
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