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MD / DMMD / DMPosted Jan 26, 2006 11:13 UTC (Thu) by gypsumfantastic (guest, #31134)Parent article: MD / DM
"this corrects a minor defect in the previous version, wherein interrupting the reshaping task would cause all data in the array to be lost."
This must be some new meaning of the word 'minor' I've never encountered before.
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MD "minor" defects. Posted Jan 26, 2006 11:39 UTC (Thu) by Duncan (guest, #6647) [Link] LOL. That was my reaction as well. If the original comment didn't havequotation marks around "minor", it should have. Duncan
MD "minor" defects. Posted Jan 26, 2006 13:41 UTC (Thu) by ewan (subscriber, #5533) [Link] I read it as humourous, but it is possible for the originaldefect to had big consequences while still actually being, in itself, a small defect (like an off by one error, say).
MD "minor" defects. Posted Jan 26, 2006 20:39 UTC (Thu) by guinan (subscriber, #4644) [Link] Classic Corbet understatement. Cracks me up every time...
Actually, I can see how minor it is... Posted Jan 26, 2006 13:43 UTC (Thu) by hummassa (subscriber, #307) [Link] reshaping is a risky operation. I expect people to fully backup beforedoing it (like they would if they would backup/reshape/restore like in the old days). Then reshape, then if something went wrong, restore. The fact that 99.9% of the time they wouldn't need to restore is a bonus IMHO.
Actually, I can see how minor it is... Posted Jan 26, 2006 23:40 UTC (Thu) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359) [Link] I would exepct people to have adequate backups, or equivalent disaster recovery, whether they reshape an array or not. RAID can improve reliability, but never make the data indestructable.
Further, once the code is finished, fully reviewed and fully tested (which is still a little way off), I don't see that you data would be any less safe during a reshape then it is during a resync.
"minor" Posted Jan 28, 2006 1:48 UTC (Sat) by pimlott (guest, #1535) [Link] After recent mine accidents, we in the US use the word "miner" to mean "disregarding safety, leaving prone to catastrophe". Jon was making a pun on that.
"minor" Posted Jan 28, 2006 14:07 UTC (Sat) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link] Possibly the most insensitive thing I've seen posted to LWN.
"minor" Posted Jan 28, 2006 17:10 UTC (Sat) by pimlott (guest, #1535) [Link] Woah, sorry, I didn't think anyone would take it that way.
"minor" Posted Jan 28, 2006 16:26 UTC (Sat) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] Suffice to say that's not what I was doing at all.
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