Namaste Stuart, Tobias, > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2023 at 4:58 PM > From: "Tobias Fiebig" <tob...@reads-this-mailinglist.com> > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: Probable error in softraid(4) documentation > > Heho, > > On Wed, 2023-01-04 at 00:04 +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > stacking would refer to creating one softraid (say a raid1 mirror) > > and then creating a separate softraid device (say a crypto volume) > > using the first softraid disk as a component. > > Incidentally, if you happen to have a thing for doing _really_ stupid > things, you _can_ actually do that; I ran RAID10 that way for some > time... but then again I would not recommend anybody else doing it for > data they are in some form even mildly attached to... ;-) > > I think the important part here is the meaning of 'supported'; In the > context of the man page i read it as: > > 'By holding it a certain way, you _could_ make stacking "work". > However, it will not integrate well into the system, you will have to > jump through interesting hoops, there is not even a remote suggestion > of standard operations working (say, replacing a disk), and you are > more likely than not to encounter unexpected behavior which will > ultimately migrate the data stored on your disks to an unstructured and > unusable pile of mangled bits; Furthermore, in case that _does_ happen, > please do not annoy people with your stacking attempt; We told you not > to do it, we told you it would hurt, and you did it anyway.' > > So... i'd say there is no error in softraid(4), even if you can > technically make stacking "work". > > With best regards, > Tobias > >
Dhanyavaad for helping me understand that RAID 1C is a single discipline. I had incorrectly understood what stacking meant. I apologize for my mistake. Dhanyavaad, Dharma Artha Kama Moksha
