cvs commit: src MAINTAINERS

[Wilko Bulte]

On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 10:10:20PM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote..
> On Tuesday, 17 August 2004 at 13:29:00 +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 09:46:33AM +0200, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote..
> >> On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 10:14:07AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> >> +> On Monday, 16 August 2004 at 10:43:41 +0000, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> >> +> > pjd         2004-08-16 10:43:41 UTC
> >> +> >
> >> +> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >> +> >
> >> +> >   Modified files:
> >> +> >     .                    MAINTAINERS
> >> +> >   Log:
> >> +> >   Add myself as geom_raid3 maintainer.
> >> +>
> >> +> RAID-3?  How are you going to run RAID-3 on a general purpose
> >> +> computer?
> >>
> >> Where is the problem exactly?
> >
> > I guess Greg wonders about the suitability of RAID-3 for general
> > purpose I/O patterns.  Nothing else.
> 
> On the contrary.  RAID-3 requires byte-level striping, which is
> ridiculous on the hardware that FreeBSD supports.  I suspect that pjd

RAID-3 IIRC uses a dedicated parity disk, and small stripes.  I don't think
it must be bytelevel striping.  Just small enough stripes that all disks
contribute to every I/O

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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org