From: Robin Bowes <robin-lists@robinbowes.com>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Joys of spare disks!
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:04:02 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cvvikv$35a$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42233EA8.4050508@variant.ch>
Nicola Fankhauser wrote:
> hi robin
>
> nice to meet you here again - I've been subscribed to this list for 1.5
> hour today when your post made it into my inbox! :)
Small world, eh?!
> Robin Bowes wrote:
>
>> I've had loads of problems with MaxLine II 250GB SATA drives and
>> wouldn't buy them again.
>
>
> I bought 9 (8+1 for RAID5) 6B300S0 300GB Maxtor DM10 a month ago and
> they seem to run fine - though I want to test them with powermax this
> week to see if there could be problems.
Based on my experiences, I would strongly recommend running them 7+1+1,
i.e. configuring a spare diskl
> I'll need as well to upgrade the kernel to 2.6.10 and patch it with the
> libata patch to make smartctl happy again (it won't work with SATA
> drives yet).
I haven't done that yet - I prefer to stick with release FC3 kernels
(don't want to get back into rolling my own - takes up too much time!)
>
>> But as long as they keep RMA'ing them I'm happy to stick with them for
>> now.
>
>
> I'm afraid that the warranty period won't be extended by the replacement
> drive(s).
Ah, that could be a problem. I'll have to review the situation in a
couple of years.
> regards from snowy and cold switzerland
Well, it's not too warm in the UK at the moment!
R.
--
http://robinbowes.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-28 17:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-28 14:24 Joys of spare disks! Robin Bowes
2005-02-28 15:04 ` Jon Lewis
2005-02-28 15:23 ` Robin Bowes
2005-02-28 15:54 ` Nicola Fankhauser
2005-02-28 17:04 ` Robin Bowes [this message]
2005-02-28 18:58 ` Nicola Fankhauser
2005-02-28 19:25 ` Robin Bowes
2005-03-02 2:48 ` Robin Bowes
2005-03-02 2:59 ` Neil Brown
2005-03-02 3:50 ` Molle Bestefich
2005-03-02 3:52 ` Molle Bestefich
2005-03-02 5:52 ` Guy
2005-03-02 12:05 ` Molle Bestefich
2005-03-02 16:16 ` Guy
2005-03-03 9:37 ` Molle Bestefich
2005-03-02 4:57 ` Brad Campbell
2005-03-02 5:53 ` Guy
[not found] ` <eaa6dfe0503080915276466a1@mail.gmail.com>
2005-03-08 17:15 ` Derek Piper
[not found] ` <200503091704.j29H4l517152@www.watkins-home.com>
2005-03-10 19:24 ` Derek Piper
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-03-07 16:36 LinuxRaid
2005-03-07 17:09 ` Peter T. Breuer
2005-03-07 20:15 LinuxRaid
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