From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk Subject: Re: Interpreting mdstat output Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 13:30:41 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <7952623.6.1360067441417.JavaMail.root@zimbra> References: <20130205122048.GA417@nsrc.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20130205122048.GA417@nsrc.org> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Brian Candler Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids > (Ubuntu 12.04.2, kernel 3.2.0-37-generic) >=20 > I created a RAID5 array with 22 data disks and 2 hot spares, like > this: >=20 > # mdadm --create /dev/md/dbs -l raid5 -n 22 -x 2 -c 512 -b internal > /dev/sd{b..y} I beleive using 22 drives in a single RAID-5 is something like BASE jum= ping with a large umbrella. You should at least use RAID-6, and perhaps= even split up the RAID into smaller ones. Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 98013356 roy@karlsbakk.net http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ GPG Public key: http://karlsbakk.net/roysigurdkarlsbakk.pubkey.txt -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt.= Det er et element=C3=A6rt imperativ for alle pedagoger =C3=A5 unng=C3=A5= eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med xenotyp etymologi. I de fleste tilf= eller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer p=C3=A5 norsk. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html