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| author | Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> | 2011-08-02 07:32:07 -0400 |
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| committer | Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2011-08-02 07:32:07 -0400 |
| commit | 46bed2b5c16bb7c82e1088d7ae75fb958c8a8c4e (patch) | |
| tree | bab932a8eec324ca470407ff54097d86a3c0e27f /Documentation/device-mapper | |
| parent | c1084561bb85da3630540ebe951749a8cd8fc714 (diff) | |
dm raid: add write_mostly parameter
Add the write_mostly parameter to RAID1 dm-raid tables.
This allows the user to set the WriteMostly flag on a RAID1 device that
should normally be avoided for read I/O.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/device-mapper')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt index be4419a3078..a7d1c4abc92 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt | |||
| @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ The target is named "raid" and it accepts the following parameters: | |||
| 50 | 50 | ||
| 51 | [min_recovery_rate <kB/sec/disk>] Throttle RAID initialization | 51 | [min_recovery_rate <kB/sec/disk>] Throttle RAID initialization |
| 52 | [max_recovery_rate <kB/sec/disk>] Throttle RAID initialization | 52 | [max_recovery_rate <kB/sec/disk>] Throttle RAID initialization |
| 53 | [write_mostly <idx>] Drive index is write-mostly | ||
| 53 | [max_write_behind <sectors>] See '-write-behind=' (man mdadm) | 54 | [max_write_behind <sectors>] See '-write-behind=' (man mdadm) |
| 54 | [stripe_cache <sectors>] Stripe cache size (higher RAIDs only) | 55 | [stripe_cache <sectors>] Stripe cache size (higher RAIDs only) |
| 55 | [region_size <sectors>] | 56 | [region_size <sectors>] |
| @@ -87,9 +88,10 @@ Example tables | |||
| 87 | 5 - 8:17 - 8:33 - 8:49 - 8:65 - 8:81 | 88 | 5 - 8:17 - 8:33 - 8:49 - 8:65 - 8:81 |
| 88 | 89 | ||
| 89 | 'dmsetup table' displays the table used to construct the mapping. | 90 | 'dmsetup table' displays the table used to construct the mapping. |
| 90 | The optional parameters will always be printed in the order listed | 91 | The optional parameters are always printed in the order listed |
| 91 | above with "sync" or "nosync" always output ahead of the other | 92 | above with "sync" or "nosync" always output ahead of the other |
| 92 | arguments, regardless of the order used when originally loading the table. | 93 | arguments, regardless of the order used when originally loading the table. |
| 94 | Arguments that can be repeated are ordered by value. | ||
| 93 | 95 | ||
| 94 | 'dmsetup status' yields information on the state and health of the | 96 | 'dmsetup status' yields information on the state and health of the |
| 95 | array. | 97 | array. |
