Re: RAID 5 data structures

2009-03-12 Thread Sam Leon
Joe McDonagh wrote: Sam Leon wrote: I have a funny question. I have been playing with a 3 disk raid 5 setup for my desktop. I guess I don't fully understand how the "stripe" is managed or even what it is. I know the stripe is made up of a chunk from each disk. Now I always thought of the s

Re: RAID 5 data structures

2009-03-11 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 07:11:11AM -0500, Sam Leon wrote: > I have a funny question. I have been playing with a 3 disk raid 5 setup > for my desktop. I guess I don't fully understand how the "stripe" is > managed or even what it is. I know the stripe is made up of a chunk > from each disk.

Re: RAID 5 data structures

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Leon
Mark Allums wrote: Sam Leon wrote: I have a funny question. I have been playing with a 3 disk raid 5 setup for my desktop. I guess I don't fully understand how the "stripe" is managed or even what it is. I know the stripe is made up of a chunk from each disk. Now I always thought of the st

Re: RAID 5 data structures

2009-03-11 Thread Mark Allums
Sam Leon wrote: I have a funny question. I have been playing with a 3 disk raid 5 setup for my desktop. I guess I don't fully understand how the "stripe" is managed or even what it is. I know the stripe is made up of a chunk from each disk. Now I always thought of the stripe in raid the sam

RAID 5 data structures

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Leon
I have a funny question. I have been playing with a 3 disk raid 5 setup for my desktop. I guess I don't fully understand how the "stripe" is managed or even what it is. I know the stripe is made up of a chunk from each disk. Now I always thought of the stripe in raid the same as a block in