On Fri, 6 May 2011 09:17:52 +0200
Keld Jørn Simonsen <keld@keldix.com> wrote:

> I would like linux MD raid10 functionality to be part of the Linux MD
> RAID1 module, and be called raid1. This is in accordance with the
> use of the RAID1 term as standadized by SNIA. In fact the RAID10-offset
> layout is an implementation of a SNIA RAID specification. The RAID10-near
> layout is an implementation of a simple RAID layout. And the RAID10-far
> layout is just another layout far a mirrored RAID.  So all these types
> could just be defined as different RAID1 layouts.

RAID1 is RAID1, RAID10 is RAID10.
RAID1 on 4 drives is very different from RAID10 on 4 drives.
Don't add confusion by trying to rename RAID10 to RAID1.

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With respect,
Roman