Re: Need to remove failed disk from RAID5 array

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>]

Roman Mamedov wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:25:25 -0400
> Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > That's a good argument for not using "whole disk" array members, a partition can
> > be started at a good offset and may perform better.
>
> Not really, at least with the modern metadata versions this is not a problem,
> as the whole-disk array members will start the actual data at an offset that is
> suitably aligned for the AF drives.
When did that start? And how does it handle adding a new drive to an array 
created back under 2.6 which didn't do that? Good to be aware of, though.

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