From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roman Mamedov Subject: Re: assistance recovering failed raid6 array Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 22:50:28 +0500 Message-ID: <20170220225028.59824758@natsu> References: <58AA4B1E.1030809@bosner.de> <5cc1566c-1b4c-c663-56a1-2040b93b46d7@turmel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5cc1566c-1b4c-c663-56a1-2040b93b46d7@turmel.org> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Martin Bosner Cc: Phil Turmel , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids > On 02/20/2017 12:05 PM, Martin Bosner wrote: > > === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === > > Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 (AF) > > Device Model: ST3000DM001-1CH166 So you have the most terrible hard drive possible [1][2](they WILL ALL fail), ran in about the most terrible RAID setup possible (only a single RAID5 would have been worse). Now you realize why the latter was a bad idea: with such a great number of disks, should have picked a 3x12-member RAID6 or similar. Just let this be a lesson in component choice and risk assessment, restore from your backups and move on. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ST3000DM001 [2] https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-worst-hard-drive-designs-ever -- With respect, Roman