From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrik Jonsson Subject: Re: Care and feeding of RAID? Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:56:22 -0700 Message-ID: <44FDAC36.8040407@ucolick.org> References: <44FD722C.7050608@waldoware.com> <20060905131454.GA28548@scavenger.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig54D0D7FCCBD6BE9A3FD4FA8C" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20060905131454.GA28548@scavenger.homeip.net> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Benjamin Schieder Cc: Paul Waldo , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig54D0D7FCCBD6BE9A3FD4FA8C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 05.09.2006 08:48:44, Paul Waldo wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have a RAID6 array and I wondering about care and feeding instructio= ns :-) >> >> Here is what I currently do: >> - daily incremental and weekly full backups to a separate machine >> - run smartd tests (short once a day, long once a week) >> - check the raid for bad blocks every week >> >> What else can I do make sure the array keeps humming? Thanks in advan= ce! >> =20 Make sure the drives are adequately cooled. I use this nifty utility to look at my drive temps: http://martybugs.net/linux/hddtemp.cgi mtbf seems to have an exponential dependence on temperature, so it pays off to keep temp down. Exactly what temp you consider safe is individual, but my drives only occasionally go above 40C. cheers, /Patrik --------------enig54D0D7FCCBD6BE9A3FD4FA8C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE/aw2T+KvsdUW5p8RAi6VAJ4mL/xigPH7i2mM9obOEnwrQG0wKACgkBxe HvHiIzNyfJRbalAsbivVROY= =bQPh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig54D0D7FCCBD6BE9A3FD4FA8C--