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Date:      Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:32:20 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        lev@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org>, Richard Tector <richardtector@thekeelecentre.com>, freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Switchover to CAM ATA?
Message-ID:  <86633bv363.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <1239259726.20100428222039@serebryakov.spb.ru> (Lev Serebryakov's message of "Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:20:39 %2B0400")
References:  <4BD06BD9.6030401@FreeBSD.org> <4BD099E6.6000402@FreeBSD.org> <4BD0A689.8000508@thekeelecentre.com> <4BD0ACD2.3040805@FreeBSD.org> <86och53tpl.fsf@ds4.des.no> <1239259726.20100428222039@serebryakov.spb.ru>

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Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> "Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav" <des@des.no> writes:
> > Most pseudo-raid kit has nifty features like checksum offloading,
> > composite writes etc.
>  Why are they called ``PSEUDO-raids'' then?

Several reasons - they don't present the array to the OS as a single
device, they don't handle failover, etc.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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