From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265363AbTL2TIu (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:08:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265390AbTL2TIu (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:08:50 -0500 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([213.168.176.16]:37603 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265363AbTL2TGM (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:06:12 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:06:06 +0100 From: Tomas Szepe To: Samuel Flory Cc: Johannes Ruscheinski , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Best Low-cost IDE RAID Solution For 2.6.x? (OT?) Message-ID: <20031229190606.GF347@louise.pinerecords.com> References: <20031228180424.GA16622@mail-infomine.ucr.edu> <3FEF8CFD.7060502@rackable.com> <20031229134150.GB30794@louise.pinerecords.com> <20031229185908.GB31215@mail-infomine.ucr.edu> <3FF07AD8.2040601@rackable.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FF07AD8.2040601@rackable.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Dec-29 2003, Mon, 11:04 -0800 Samuel Flory wrote: > A word of advice when using software raid. Be sure to run badblocks > on all the disks before creating your array. Software raid isn't as > nice about bad sectors as most hardware raid controllers. On the other _initial_ bad sectors, that is. > hand the md driver kicks the ass of nearly every raid controller I've tried. word. -- Tomas Szepe