RAID 1 Question

[Garet Jax]

I have been trying to find some details on what happens when I run RAID I with more than 2 disks.

Can I run with an odd number of disks?
If I run with 4 or 6 disks, does the system effectively split the disks into sets of 2 so that #2 mirrors #1, #4 mirrors #3 and #6 mirrors #5?

Thanks.

 

[DaveSimmons]

See wiki on RAID types, RAID-5 (any number >2) or RAID 0+1 (even number)

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