The only problem I have is related to bad blocks. This problem is common to all RAID types. RAID5 is more likely to have problems.
Guy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Campbell Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 6:04 PM To: John McMonagle Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Convert raid5 to raid1? John McMonagle wrote: > Was planning to adding a hot spare to my 3 disk raid5 array and was > thinking if I go to 4 drives I would be a better off as 2 raid1 arrays > considering the current state of raid5. I just wonder about the comment "considering the current state of raid5". What might be wrong with raid5 currently? I certainly know a number of people (me included) who run several "large" raid-5 arrays and don't have any problems. Brad -- "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
