Quoting Frans Pop (elendil@planet.nl): > > The letter is the arrangement of the copies: > > n - near copies : Multiple copies of one data block are at similar > > offsets in different devices. > > f - far copies : Multiple copies have very different offsets > > o - offset copies: Rather than the chunks being duplicated within a > > stripe, whole stripes are duplicated but are > > rotated by one device so duplicate blocks are on > > different devices. > > Not sure we should go this far with indentation. You lose a lot of lines > by it, especially for the last item. I think this would be a reasonable Yes. This is the indentation I prefer but I admit it loses a lot of space. > compromise: > The letter is the arrangement of the copies: > n - near copies : Multiple copies of one data block are at similar > offsets in different devices. > f - far copies : Multiple copies have very different offsets > o - offset copies: Rather than the chunks being duplicated within a > stripe, whole stripes are duplicated but are rotated by one device > so duplicate blocks are on different devices. > > Note that the alignment does not work anyway for the graphical installer, > so in the end I'd propose to go for: Seems perfect for me. > The letter is the arrangement of the copies: > n - near copies: Multiple copies of one data block are at similar > offsets in different devices. > f - far copies: Multiple copies have very different offsets > o - offset copies: Rather than the chunks being duplicated within a > stripe, whole stripes are duplicated but are rotated by one device > so duplicate blocks are on different devices. > > Hmm. In your last proposal for this template you drop the indentation for > following lines completely. What are you suggesting to use? That was just a mistake. Just forget abou tit. > > > Is it "an RAID6" or "a RAID6"? As "RAID" begins with a consonant, I'd > > vote for "a RAID". > > "a RAIDx" is correct. --
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