I have not tested RAID5, but RAID1 has spared me much. One of the HD's
failed, and I simply just tugged it out (it was the master disk, so I had to
change the jumpers).
I copy the MBR and the root partition after every major change (because they
are not raided) so it just booted up in degraded mode.
When I got the second HD back, I plugged it in and did a disk-wide dd and
also ran the appropriate raid commands, and lo! it started working like a
charm!
This was on two similar disks though (IBM 7200rpm) ran from standard DMA
controller on a BE6-2.
Was a pain to set up though...
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Seth Vidal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 4:16 AM
Subject: product testimonials
> Hi folks,
> I've got a user in my dept who is thinking about using software raid5
> (after I explained the advantages to them) - but they want "testimonials"
> ie: - people who have used software raid5 under linux and have had it save
> their ass or have had it work correctly and keep them from a costly backup
> restore. IE: success stories. Also I would like to hear some failure
> stories too - sort of horror stories - now the obscure situations I don't
> care about - if you got an axe stuck in your drive by accident and it
> killed the entire array then I feel sorry for you but I don't consider
> that average use.
>
> Can anyone give some testimonials on the 0.90 raid?
> thanks
>
> -sv
