RAID-6 now in 2.6.1-mm

Hi all,

For those who haven't seen yet, RAID-6 has been integrated into the 2.6.1-mm kernels. Please test it out and let me know how it works out.

The mdadm patch is still at:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hpa/

-hpa

Can anyone explain how RAID6 works? I understand RAID5, XOR, but I don't see how that could be extended to allow any 2 disks to fail.

Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of H. Peter Anvin
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 1:50 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RAID-6 now in 2.6.1-mm

Hi all,

For those who haven't seen yet, RAID-6 has been integrated into the 2.6.1-mm kernels. Please test it out and let me know how it works out.

The mdadm patch is still at:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hpa/

-hpa

If you want the gory details, I've written a short paper on it:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hpa/raid6.pdf

-hpa