On 18-Aug-99 James Manning wrote:
> Speaking of which, something I didn't quite get is why a "chunk-size"
> was defined for raid1... Since they're mirrors, what's a chunk size
> mean in raid1?
Yes, RAID1 is a mirror, so a chink size cannot increase write speed, but when
reading this can be done "in parallel" from the two (or thre or whatever
number) of disks if date is contiguous...


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