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Date:      Thu, 9 Jan 1997 19:07:07 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Cc:        mrcpu@cdsnet.net, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CCD mirroring...
Message-ID:  <199701100207.TAA19125@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199701100140.MAA29894@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Jan 10, 97 12:10:21 pm

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> Jaye Mathisen stands accused of saying:
> > 
> > Does CCD when using the mirroring option satisfy the read from the disk
> > that's closest to the data?  or does it just always read from the first
> > disk, with the second disk being a backup?
> 
> There's no useful way to work out "where" a disk is at, so it's not
> possible to operate in the first mode you describe.
> 
> > The latter seems to be the case, but I'm not positive.
> 
> It is.

Contact Rod Grimes; I believe he was playing with "spindle sync", which
would let you "know".

At the very least, it should interleave requests between disks (I know,
not much of a win for the TCQ-enabled among us).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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