From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk Subject: Use RAID-6! Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:44:31 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <15345091.8.1366130671716.JavaMail.root@zimbra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Linux RAID List-Id: linux-raid.ids Hi all After reading this list for some time, there's a single mode of failure= that's repeated over and over: RAID-5 loses a drive and finds bad data= on another (or just loses another). This is rather normal, far more th= an documented by the disk vendors. This is also the case with "professi= onal" systems with "enterprise" drives. So, if you can afford another drive, please use RAID-6. Do *not* trust = RAID-5 with something like 8 drives. Also, maybe this should be on an FAQ/RAID tutorial somewhere? 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