From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Brahneborg Subject: Re: Software RAID-5 safe under 2.6 kernel? Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:11:56 +0100 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040103161156.C20392@nettis.grimsta> References: <16c.28512ce2.2d28301d@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16c.28512ce2.2d28301d@aol.com>; from AndyLiebman@aol.com on Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 09:47:57AM -0500 To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 09:47:57AM -0500, AndyLiebman@aol.com wrote: > Is there any "definitive word" about whether it's safe to use software RAID-5 > under the released version of the 2.6 kernel? I have heard about various > problems on this list. Are they now resolved? Are there specific configurations to > watch out for? If anybody has this information, it might be nice to post it. A definite word for the 2.4 kernel, especially when using SATA, would also be welcome. >From my own experiences, the SATA chipsets from Silicon Image and VIA has problems with both RAID1 and RAID5, even though normal file systems work fine. /Basic