Questions about: Where to find algorithms for RAID5 / RAID6
Good day.
I am looking for some information, and hope the readers of this list might be able to point me in the right direction:
Here is the scenario:
In RAID5 ( or RAID6) when a file is written, some parity data is created, (by some form of XOR process, I assume), then that parity data is written to disk.
I am looking to find the algorithm that is used to create that parity data and to decides where to place it on the disks.
Any help on this is deeply appreciated.
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Good day.
I am looking for some information, and hope the readers of this list might be able to point me in the right direction:
Here is the scenario:
In RAID5 ( or RAID6) when a file is written, some parity data is created, (by some form of XOR process, I assume), then that parity data is written to disk.
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I am looking to find the algorithm that is used to create that parity data and to decides where to place it on the disks.
Any help on this is deeply appreciated.
wikipedia has some useful information, and definitely has a link to a paper that described raid6 on linux.
NeilBrown