On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 12:15:09PM +0001, Thomas Seidel wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 09, 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >
> > I'm sort of wondering, because I've had a lot of luck with older versions,
> > and would hate to upgrade all the boxes if it's not necessary :)
> >
>
> I agree with you. I posted a similar patch few month ago to this list
> (ftp://ftp.ddb.de/pub/linux/root_raid1_support/). This patch is installed on
> two production servers running without any problems (kernel 2.2.9, old mdtools
> 0.42, ...). The only thing I (not really) miss is an automatic reconstruction
> running in background in case of a disk failure.
Just to clear up the mess I left... :)
I certainly did _not_ have a lot of luck with the old versions (eg. 0.42 or
stock linux kernel versions) of RAID-[15]. Any RAID level with redundancy
I tried blew up horribly once the array was stressed.
What I meant to say was, I've had a lot of luck with older versions of Ingo's
patches, the ones for 2.2.3, 2.0.36, etc. etc.
I would recommend that anyone who runs stock-kernel-RAID with redundancy (1,4,5)
upgrade to Ingo's patches. The pain of backing up the data, upgrading and
restoring is nothing compared to the pains one will experience if a disk dies,
if the array is stressed, or if someone farts near any of the disks :)
Old-style (stock-linux) RAID is just broken. We'll have to live with the patching
circus until 2.4.
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