From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Evans Subject: Re: woes with... mdadm ? Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:58:32 -0800 Message-ID: <4877c76c1001282058s6931a9e2tbe0da4ef67428680@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B5F6C5D.8020202@ultratux.net> <4877c76c1001262014w6219132ew552b092dab9aba62@mail.gmail.com> <4B608645.8030102@ultratux.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4B608645.8030102@ultratux.net> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Maarten Cc: linux-raid List-Id: linux-raid.ids The point about the CRC being only slightly off is that usually a change in the data-set produces a much larger variation. It could be only a single bit or two near the end. The point about stress-testing the CPU/RAM is to validate that those are known clean in as close to a high-temp real load environment as possible. That would then point to corruption on the cables or drives. Which you can diagnose more easily individually instead of as part of an array.