[linux-lvm] RAID 5 -- Data/Parity Allocation

[Bryn M. Reeves]

On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 12:08 +0530, Sandeep K Sinha wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any performance issues related with the different type of
> algorithm used in case of RAID 5?
> 
> i.e. Left asymmetric algo, Right asymmetric algo , Left symmetric algo
> etc.

These are options supported by the Linux MD softare RAID components
rather than lvm2/device-mapper. You might want to try asking your
question on the linux-raid mailing list:

http://linux-raid.osdl.org/index.php/Linux_Raid

Regards,
Bryn.