From: Wols Lists <antlists@youngman.org.uk>
To: Phil Turmel <philip@turmel.org>,
Adam Goryachev <mailinglists@websitemanagers.com.au>,
juca@juan-carlos.info, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What is the solution for USB HDs
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:53:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <58501981.1070305@youngman.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9481982b-bfda-644e-e160-74b94bbbec0c@turmel.org>
On 12/12/16 03:17, Phil Turmel wrote:
> On 12/11/2016 05:14 PM, Adam Goryachev wrote:
>> > On 12/12/16 04:14, juca@juan-carlos.info wrote:
>> > If you are still having problems after that, then please try to post
>> > more details on what happens when the drives vanish (eg, kernel logs,
>> > system logs, etc).
>> >
>> > Also, you might consider an alternative SBC, some have SATA ports
>> > already available (RPi are the only SBC's I've used, but there are many
>> > other options/variations).
> There's also a kernel boot parameter that can cut off all USB
> auto-suspend, which I suspect is part of the problem. It has been known
> for a long time that USB is not robust enough to be trusted in MD arrays.
Okay, I've just parroted it on the wiki, but the wiki does recommend
against USB disks, precisely because every mention (very few) I've seen
says it's a bad idea - because of suspend.
Cheers,
Wol
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-13 15:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-11 17:14 What is the solution for USB HDs juca
2016-12-11 22:14 ` Adam Goryachev
2016-12-12 3:17 ` Phil Turmel
2016-12-13 15:53 ` Wols Lists [this message]
2016-12-14 11:08 ` Juan Carlos Carvajal B.
2016-12-14 20:59 ` Thomas Fjellstrom
2016-12-14 11:07 ` Juan Carlos Carvajal B.
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