From: Nicola Fankhauser <nicola.fankhauser@variant.ch>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Joys of spare disks!
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:58:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <422369F0.5070404@variant.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cvvikv$35a$1@sea.gmane.org>
hi robin
Robin Bowes wrote:
>> 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
the RAID 5 array has 8 drives. the "server" is in my basement and thus
accessible all the time. the (tested :) 9th drive is lying in my drawer
and will serve as replacement as soon as a drive dies. I hope it's enough.
regards
nicola
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-28 18:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-28 14:24 Joys of spare disks! Robin Bowes
2005-02-28 15:04 ` Jon Lewis
2005-02-28 15:23 ` Robin Bowes
2005-02-28 15:54 ` Nicola Fankhauser
2005-02-28 17:04 ` Robin Bowes
2005-02-28 18:58 ` Nicola Fankhauser [this message]
2005-02-28 19:25 ` Robin Bowes
2005-03-02 2:48 ` Robin Bowes
2005-03-02 2:59 ` Neil Brown
2005-03-02 3:50 ` Molle Bestefich
2005-03-02 3:52 ` Molle Bestefich
2005-03-02 5:52 ` Guy
2005-03-02 12:05 ` Molle Bestefich
2005-03-02 16:16 ` Guy
2005-03-03 9:37 ` Molle Bestefich
2005-03-02 4:57 ` Brad Campbell
2005-03-02 5:53 ` Guy
[not found] ` <eaa6dfe0503080915276466a1@mail.gmail.com>
2005-03-08 17:15 ` Derek Piper
[not found] ` <200503091704.j29H4l517152@www.watkins-home.com>
2005-03-10 19:24 ` Derek Piper
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-03-07 16:36 LinuxRaid
2005-03-07 17:09 ` Peter T. Breuer
2005-03-07 20:15 LinuxRaid
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