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  • Subject: Re: RAID set upgrade behavior
  • From: Larry Bolhuis <lbolhui@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 22:07:19 -0400
  • Organization: Arbor Solutions, Inc

Alexey,

  I was not aware that with more than 8 drives you HAD to have parity
across 8 drives although it does make sense.  Thanks for the
explanation.

  Learned something AGAIN today!

 - Larry

> There's a fixed set of possible configurations.
> If you have 4 drives with parity, you can add maximum 4 without respreading
> parity.
> 10 drives in a set require spreading of parity over 8 drives, which is what 
>you
> are experiencing.
> 
> Best regards
>     Alexey Pytel

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