From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Laurent CARON Subject: Re: RAID1: What happens when one half of a mirror fails? Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 21:03:44 +0200 Message-ID: <42C44210.7010204@gw.unix-scripts.info> References: <200506301024.13126.eric@pretorious.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200506301024.13126.eric@pretorious.net> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: eric@pretorious.net Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Eric Pretorious a =E9crit : >Hello, All: > >I've been a bit surprised by the complete failure of our system when o= ne half=20 >of a mirror failed so I suppose that I should verify that I understand= =20 >RAID1's failover methodology: Is the purpose of the mirror only to pre= serve=20 >the data or is it to allow the system to continue operating until a=20 >replacement can be installed? (i.e., If one half of a mirror fails, sh= ouldn't=20 >the system continue operating normally?) > > =20 > is the swap partition on raid? --=20 Mauvaise garde permet au loup de se repa=EEtre. -+- Le Roman de Renart -+- - 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