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From: "David Rees" <drees76@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Linux Software RAID a bit of a weakness?
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:12:29 -0800
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On 2/26/07, Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> wrote:
> On Monday February 26, drees76@gmail.com wrote:
> > I'm pretty sure that rear errors will be noticed by the MD system,
> > either.
>
> :-)  Your typing is nearly as bad as mine often is, but your intent is
> correct.  If you independently read from a device in an MD array and get an
> error, MD won't notice.  MD only notices errors for requests that it
> makes of the devices itself.

Doh, 2 errors in one line! Should have read:

I'm pretty sure that read errors will _not_ be noticed by the MD system, either.

Good thing at least Neil understood me. :-)

-Dave