Explain the read-balancing algorithm for RAID1 better in md.4
From: Iustin Pop <iusty@k1024.org> There are many questions on the mailing list about the RAID1 read performance profile. This patch adds a new paragraph to the RAID1 section in md.4 that details what kind of speed-up one should expect from RAID1. Signed-off-by: Iustin Pop <iusty@k1024.org>
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@ -168,6 +168,13 @@ All devices in a RAID1 array should be the same size. If they are
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not, then only the amount of space available on the smallest device is
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used (any extra space on other devices is wasted).
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Note that the read balancing done by the driver does not make the RAID1
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performance profile be the same as for RAID0; a single stream of
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sequential input will not be accelerated (e.g. a single dd), but
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multiple sequential streams or a random workload will use more than one
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spindle. In theory, having an N-disk RAID1 will allow N sequential
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threads to read from all disks.
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.SS RAID4
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A RAID4 array is like a RAID0 array with an extra device for storing
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