Tuesday, January 03, 2023

Re: Probable error in softraid(4) documentation

On 2023-01-03, Puru Shartha <purushartha@gmx.com> wrote:
> Namaste misc,
>
> The softraid(4) documentation states the following in the CAVEAT
> section [1]:
>
> "Stacking disciplines (CRYPTO on top of RAID 1, for example) is not
> supported at this time."
>
> Based on my limited understanding, RAID 1C seems to allow the above.

raid1c is a _single_ discipline combining mirroring and crypto.

stacking would refer to creating one softraid (say a raid1 mirror)
and then creating a separate softraid device (say a crypto volume)
using the first softraid disk as a component.

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