[CentOS] how to create file system with less bad block??

2009-07-30 Thread mcclnx mcc
We have CENTOS 4.X and 5.X on DELL servers. Recently we found some bad blocks happen on databases. the way we create file system is: mke2fs -j /dev/sdXX Does there has any good way can create file system with less bad block or avoid file system to use bad block? Thanks.

Re: [CentOS] how to create file system with less bad block??

2009-07-30 Thread Vaclav Mocek
The bad blocks are hardware failure, you should start thinking about disks replacement. mcclnx mcc wrote: We have CENTOS 4.X and 5.X on DELL servers. Recently we found some bad blocks happen on databases. the way we create file system is: mke2fs -j /dev/sdXX Does there has any good

Re: [CentOS] how to create file system with less bad block??

2009-07-30 Thread nate
mcclnx mcc wrote: We have CENTOS 4.X and 5.X on DELL servers. Recently we found some bad blocks happen on databases. the way we create file system is: mke2fs -j /dev/sdXX Does there has any good way can create file system with less bad block or avoid file system to use bad block?

Re: [CentOS] how to create file system with less bad block??

2009-07-30 Thread mcclnx mcc
Thank you for answer. The problem is database report corrupt block, but we even don't know which disk have that corrupt block since we use 15 disks Array. --- 09/7/30 (四),nate cen...@linuxpowered.net 寫道: 寄件者: nate cen...@linuxpowered.net 主旨: Re: [CentOS] how to create file system

Re: [CentOS] how to create file system with less bad block??

2009-07-30 Thread nate
mcclnx mcc wrote: Thank you for answer. The problem is database report corrupt block, but we even don't know which disk have that corrupt block since we use 15 disks Array. Most RAID arrays have the ability to scrub the disks, to do low level scans on both the disks and the array as a

Re: [CentOS] how to create file system with less bad block??

2009-07-30 Thread John Doe
From: mcclnx mcc mcc...@yahoo.com.tw Thank you for answer. The problem is database report corrupt block, but we even don't know which disk have that corrupt block since we use 15 disks Array. You can format with '-c' to check for badblocks while formating. Or see 'man badblocks' (watch

Re: [CentOS] how to create file system with less bad block??

2009-07-30 Thread John R Pierce
mcclnx mcc wrote: Thank you for answer. The problem is database report corrupt block, but we even don't know which disk have that corrupt block since we use 15 disks Array. most best practices for raids I've seen suggest using not more than 8 disks in a single RAID 5 or 6... if you