Re: Joys of spare disks!

[Robin Bowes <robin-lists@robinbowes.com>]

Nicola Fankhauser wrote:
> hi robin
> 
> nice to meet you here again - I've been subscribed to this list for 1.5 
> hour today when your post made it into my inbox! :)

Small world, eh?!

> Robin Bowes wrote:
> 
>> I've had loads of problems with MaxLine II 250GB SATA drives and 
>> wouldn't buy them again. 
> 
> 
> I bought 9 (8+1 for RAID5) 6B300S0 300GB Maxtor DM10 a month ago and 
> they seem to run fine - though I want to test them with powermax this 
> week to see if there could be problems.

Based on my experiences, I would strongly recommend running them 7+1+1, 
i.e. configuring a spare diskl

> I'll need as well to upgrade the kernel to 2.6.10 and patch it with the 
> libata patch to make smartctl happy again (it won't work with SATA 
> drives yet).

I haven't done that yet - I prefer to stick with release FC3 kernels 
(don't want to get back into rolling my own - takes up too much time!)

> 
>> But as long as they keep RMA'ing them I'm happy to stick with them for 
>> now.
> 
> 
> I'm afraid that the warranty period won't be extended by the replacement 
> drive(s).

Ah, that could be a problem. I'll have to review the situation in a 
couple of years.

> regards from snowy and cold switzerland

Well, it's not too warm in the UK at the moment!

R.
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