From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tim Small Subject: Re: raid5+hotspare: request for recommended procedure Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:06:09 +0100 Message-ID: <4CA30F91.70303@seoss.co.uk> References: <4CA300EB.1070909@xunil.at> <4CA30EF5.8020702@seoss.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4CA30EF5.8020702@seoss.co.uk> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: lists@xunil.at, "linux-raid@vger.kernel.org" List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 29/09/10 11:03, Tim Small wrote: > earlier firmwares for the ST3250310NS were a little buggy in my > experience, so you might want to look at upgrading it (latest Seagate > non-OEM firmware is SN06), which can be done with hdparm. I should say that I've "cross-flashed" Dell's MA0D on SN0x drives too, and that seems to give good stability. Tim. -- South East Open Source Solutions Limited Registered in England and Wales with company number 06134732. Registered Office: 2 Powell Gardens, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1TQ VAT number: 900 6633 53 http://seoss.co.uk/ +44-(0)1273-808309