Mike Christie wrote:
> Hey again Hannes,
> 
> On 10/08/2010 01:34 AM, Ulrich Windl wrote:
>>>>> Mike Christie<micha...@cs.wisc.edu>  schrieb am 08.10.2010 um 05:07 in
>> Nachricht<4cae8b0a.9050...@cs.wisc.edu>:
>>> On 10/07/2010 08:43 AM, Ulrich Windl wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> a question: From what I've read, md won't work with open-iscsi (in
>> SLES10).
>>> What options do exist to have a RAID1 setup using two different storage
>>> systems? I only have experience with md and local disks.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have never heard that. Why doesn't it work?  Is it a problem with md's
>>> design or RAID in general. What about device mapper (dm] RAID?
>>
>> SLES10 SP3 Release Notes
>> (/usr/share/doc/release-notes/SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_10/release-notes.txt)
>>
>> say in "Chapter 5. Installation-Related Notes" (lines 316-338):
>>
>>    ● MD Devices on top of iSCSI not possible
>>
>>      iSCSI devices cannot be used for Linux Software RAID. Using MD
>> devices on
>>      top of iSCSI triggers a cyclic dependency that leads to a crash.
>>
> 
> I have never seen that before. What is the problem? Is it something that
> I need to fix in iscsi? Is it due to threading priorities?

Ah. Same here. I don't think this is something I ever tested, so I
wonder where this comes from ... Might be a stale info back from
older version.
I'll investigate.

Cheers,

Hannes
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