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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/md/raid5-ppl.txt | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/md/raid5-ppl.txt b/Documentation/md/raid5-ppl.txt index 127072b09363..bfa092589e00 100644 --- a/Documentation/md/raid5-ppl.txt +++ b/Documentation/md/raid5-ppl.txt @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ case the behavior is the same as in plain raid5. PPL is available for md version-1 metadata and external (specifically IMSM) metadata arrays. It can be enabled using mdadm option --consistency-policy=ppl. -Currently, volatile write-back cache should be disabled on all member drives -when using PPL. Otherwise it cannot guarantee consistency in case of power -failure. +There is a limitation of maximum 64 disks in the array for PPL. It allows to +keep data structures and implementation simple. RAID5 arrays with so many disks +are not likely due to high risk of multiple disks failure. Such restriction +should not be a real life limitation. |