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Partition Recovery Course - md-raid Test
Superblock includes two significantly different parts; one describes a RAID and other – a specific disk
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false
What is the difference between 1.x versions of md superblock?
superblock configuration
superblock location
superblock format
Superblock is always located before data
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What the size of md-raid superblock
1 B
the size depends on NAS manufacturer
1 KB
1 sector
If you know that array member disks, say in RAID 5, are all of the same size, then
md superblocks are located at the same offset in the end of the disks
the disks will use the same partition layout
md superblocks are located at the same offset in the beginning of the disks
md superblocks are located at the same offset either in the beginning or in the end of the disks depending on superblock version
Check operating system md-raid is used with
Windows
Linux
MacOS
md-raid allows to create arrays without superblocks at all
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rue
md-raid can consist of other mad-raid arrays
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true
Why earlier superblock versions can give you more information about a RAID?
because when NAS detects a disk failure, it no longer updates superblocks on them
because such superblocks are typically written to safe place
because such superblocks are typically not affected by a rebuild
The main component of md metadata is
header
superblock
i-node
GPT or MBR table
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