From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robin Bowes Subject: Re: Joys of spare disks! Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:04:02 +0000 Message-ID: References: <42233EA8.4050508@variant.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <42233EA8.4050508@variant.ch> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids 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