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Subject: Re: Setting up gmirror
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>>> I thought the -s option was only applicable when using "-b split" for the 
>>> balancing algorithm. Does "round-robin" not mean simply alternating 
>>> between the two disks without ever splitting requests?
>> 
>> no. it means for example with -s 65536 and 1MB request - it will split this 
>> request on 2 disks
>> 
>
> So there is no difference between "split" and "round-robin" algorithms then?
>
looks there is. i never used split balance. always round-robin or load.