[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-docs 3/3] fix #3967: add ZFS dRAID documentation

Matthias Heiserer m.heiserer at proxmox.com
Thu Jun 2 14:47:27 CEST 2022


I found a few typos :)
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> +ZFS dRAID
> +~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +In a ZFS dRAID (declustered RAID) the hot spare drive(s) participate in the RAID.
> +Their spare capacity is reservered and used for rebuilding when one drive fails.
typo: reservered -> reserved
> +This provides depending on the configuration faster rebuilding compaired to a
Sounds a bit off to me. Maybe something like "Depending on the 
configuration, this provides..." would be better?
> +RAIDZ in case of drive failure. More information can be found in the official
> +openZFS documenation. footnote:[OpenZFS dRAID
typo: documenation -> documentation
> +https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Basic%20Concepts/dRAID%20Howto.html]
> +
> +NOTE: dRAID is intended for more then 10-15 disks in a dRAID. A RAIDZ
> +setup should be better for a lower amount of disks in most use cases.
> +
> + * `dRAID1` or `dRAID`: requires at least 2 disks, one can fail before data is
> +lost
> + * `dRAID2`: requires at least 3 disks, two can fail before data is lost
> + * `dRAID3`: requires at least 4 disks, three can fail before data is lost
> +
> +
> +Additonal information can be found on manual page:
typo: Additional
> +
> +----
> +# man zpoolconcepts
> +----
> +
> +spares and data
I think we consistently start headers with a capital letter, so "spares" 
should be "Spares"
> +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +The number of `spares` tells the system how many disks it should keep ready in
> +case of of a disk failure. The default value is 0 `spares`. Without spares
typo: of of -> of
> +rebuilding won't get any speed benefits.
> +
> +The number of `data` devices specifies the size of a parity group. The default
> +is 8 if the number of `disks - parity - spares >= 8`. A higher number of `data`
> +and parity drives increases the allocation size (e.g. for 4k sectors with
> +default `data`=6 minimum allocation size is 24k) which can affect compression.
> +
> +
>   Bootloader
>   ~~~~~~~~~~
>   






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