From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk Subject: Re: Interpreting mdstat output Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 13:41:27 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <7680572.8.1360068087105.JavaMail.root@zimbra> References: <20130205123419.GA492@nsrc.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20130205123419.GA492@nsrc.org> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Brian Candler Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids ----- Opprinnelig melding ----- > On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 01:30:41PM +0100, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > > I beleive using 22 drives in a single RAID-5 is something like BASE > > jumping with a large umbrella. You should at least use RAID-6, and > > perhaps even split up the RAID into smaller ones. >=20 > Point taken, but this is actually a large dataset which could be > recreated > if necessary (i.e. it's derived from other data), and is also to be > copied to another server. Still, better use raid-6 + 1 spare than raid-5 + 2 spares. It will prob= ably take a while to rebuild the data on that one in case of a double d= isk failure, and with that amount of drives, the chances are pretty dec= ent. Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 98013356 roy@karlsbakk.net http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ GPG Public key: http://karlsbakk.net/roysigurdkarlsbakk.pubkey.txt -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt.= Det er et element=C3=A6rt imperativ for alle pedagoger =C3=A5 unng=C3=A5= eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med xenotyp etymologi. I de fleste tilf= eller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer p=C3=A5 norsk. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html