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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


  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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