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From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Maurice Hilarius <mhilarius@gmail.com>
Cc: vger majordomo for lists <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: mdadm and kernel versions - what is safe and what is desirable?
Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 19:22:31 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BDE0937.5040105@tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BDDB7B1.2070505@gmail.com>

Maurice Hilarius wrote:
> I wonder which kernel version number is "needed" to prepare and run a 
> well behaved mdadm RAID?
>
> Reason I ask:
> I am setting up a pair of Intel SS4200-EHW NAS boxes  with OpenFiler 2.3
> I am planning to set up RAID5 on one and RAID10 on the other one.
> Openfiler installs kernel 2.6.26-8
>
>
> I see from reading here that apparently a number of bugs and issues 
> have been resolved with later kernels
>
>
>
> What would YOU do?

Raid-5 should be stable, 2.6.27 runs raid-10 fine (this VM runs on a 
2.6.27 host). I think that kernel should work as long as you use it as 
intended.

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  "We can't solve today's problems by using the same thinking we
   used in creating them." - Einstein


      reply	other threads:[~2010-05-02 23:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-02 17:34 mdadm and kernel versions - what is safe and what is desirable? Maurice Hilarius
2010-05-02 23:22 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]

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