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From: Jasse Jansson <jasse@yberwaffe.com>
Subject: Re: RAID 1 or Hammer
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:52:51 +0100
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On Jan 14, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Bj=F8rn Vermo wrote:

>
> On 14. jan.. 2009, at 12.17, Jasse Jansson wrote:
>
>> First of all, thanks Simon for the links, It sure was interesting =20
>> reading.
>>
>> On Jan 14, 2009, at 11:45 AM, Bj=F8rn Vermo wrote:
>>
>>> I have toyed with the idea that one drive in a mirrored pair =20
>>> ought to have the addresses inverted, so sector 1 on one drive is =20=

>>> mapped to sector MAX -1 on the other.
>>
>> I read it like the locality (radius) of the errors occur on the =20
>> same disc,
>> so I don't see the benefit from your "reversed mirror strategy".
>
> He clearly stated that some drives models had error spikes at =20
> certain cluster numbers.
> This should not really surprise anybody who is familiar with the =20
> way modern drives work internally. The cylinder where you change to =20=

> a different data density is a border case, and any border cases =20
> open extra bug opportunities.

That's true.

>
>>
>>
>> You will also get some interesting performance problems to tackle, =20=

>> when
>> one disc works on the inner tracks and the other one is on the =20
>> outer tracks.
>
>
> A smart controller could make that into an opportunity. It is =20
> hardly any more difficult than staggered stripes, which is widely =20
> implemented.
>
> In most mirroring controllers I have seen the system will get the =20
> read data from the first drive that has them ready. Two "opposite" =20
> drives should be able to offer a better average read performance.

Sure, reads is no problem.
I was thinking about write performance and possible sync windows,
but I didn't spell it out. My bad.



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