On 10/07/2014 11:41 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/30/2014 01:40 AM, lee wrote:
[...]
Last time I looked into buying an USB stick, I found out that I'd be
better off buying an USB disk because the sticks were so expensive and
their capacity relatively low, so I
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 10/07/2014 11:41 PM, lee wrote:
Transferring data via network is also my favorite means of
transportation. On the other hand, my connection has an upload speed
of about 70 KiB/sec and is therefore not suited for transferring medium
amounts of data like
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/30/2014 01:40 AM, lee wrote:
[...]
I think I figured it out: The USB stuff was actually going to sleep and
remained unresponsive once it fell asleep, until a reboot. I used
powertop to disable the power management for USB and didn't have any
On 09/30/2014 01:40 AM, lee wrote:
[...]
I think I figured it out: The USB stuff was actually going to sleep and
remained unresponsive once it fell asleep, until a reboot. I used
powertop to disable the power management for USB and didn't have any
further issues since.
It might be
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/29/2014 12:56 AM, lee wrote:
I cannot tell much about the reliability of SMART data in general but
should I see a lot of bad values suddenly appearing I would
immediately perform some additional backups and check the data more
closely, listen to the
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/27/2014 09:52 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/22/2014 03:23 AM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
I've
On 09/29/2014 12:56 AM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/27/2014 09:52 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/22/2014 03:23 AM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
I always at least try to read/interpret the SMART data. I consider it
valuable
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/22/2014 03:23 AM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
I've seen the smart info show incredible numbers for the hours and for
the
On 09/27/2014 09:52 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/22/2014 03:23 AM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
I've seen the smart info show incredible
On 09/22/2014 03:23 AM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
Other than that, in my experience Seagate disks my have an unusually
high failure rate.
Mine all work here. SMART
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 03:51:54AM +0200, lee wrote:
Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au writes:
Whilst it is usually quite easy to find older server class hardware at
bargain prices (compared to new), it is often the case that older
hardware is slower and much less
On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/14/2014 04:33 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
or even buy some additional drives (I know that it is often said that
today drives are cheap but for me being comparatively new to
computing, 60€ are
Andrew M.A. Cater amaca...@galactic.demon.co.uk writes:
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 03:51:54AM +0200, lee wrote:
Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au writes:
Whilst it is usually quite easy to find older server class hardware at
bargain prices (compared to new), it is often
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
Other than that, in my experience Seagate disks my have an unusually
high failure rate.
Mine all work here. SMART reports
They'll work until they fail. I don't believe in the smart-info.
The unreliability has just
On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
Other than that, in my experience Seagate disks my have an unusually
high failure rate.
Mine all work here. SMART reports
They'll work until they fail. I don't believe in the
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
Other than that, in my experience Seagate disks my have an unusually
high failure rate.
Mine all work here. SMART reports
They'll work until they
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/14/2014 04:33 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/14/2014 12:38 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
or even buy some additional drives (I know that it is often said that
today drives are cheap but for me being comparatively new to
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/14/2014 04:35 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
Also, the reliability of the external storage is required to be
perfect
Then forget USB disks. Get an HP Microserver and reliable disks.
Sorry, forgot to insert a not :).
It
On 9/20/14, lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de wrote:
What's the point of creating and attaching to your computer an
unreliable storage system which continues to give you trouble because
it's unreliable?
*100% ditto*
This is coming from someone operating at an extremely low income
level: Buy the more
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I'm going to address a number of things here
First off, I used to use this script [1], with an entry in /etc/rc.local
to kick it off on boot. My goal was to start the RAID1 array only if 2
members could be found (minimum), I added a 3rd
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On 21/09/2014 4:00 AM, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
First off, I used to use this script [1], with an entry
in /etc/rc.local to kick it off on boot. My goal was to start
the RAID1 array only if 2 members could be found (minimum), I
added a 3rd
Cindy-Sue Causey butterflyby...@gmail.com writes:
After going through this several times lately, I think of it this way:
$25 for a cheap part when better quality is $50. That cheap part WILL
break and usually very soon. $25 DOWN THE DRAIN, boom, just like that
when that same $25 could have
Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au writes:
Whilst it is usually quite easy to find older server class hardware at
bargain prices (compared to new), it is often the case that older
hardware is slower and much less power efficient to newer hardware and
the pricing on lots
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 08:06:59PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 06:17:00PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote:
some time ago, I bought two external Seagate 2 TB USB 3.0 HDDs in order
to expand my local storage (all internal slots are already in use).
Having created a RAID1 with
On 09/14/2014 02:06 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 06:17:00PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote:
[...]
Is there any means to configure MDADM (or such) to make sure that all
devices are recognized before attempting to start the array so that I
could manually reconnect the missing disk and
On 09/14/2014 12:38 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 08:06:59PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
[...]
It's almost certainly a real problem, and in my experience it is
not the disk itself which is bad, but something in the path (the
USB port, the USB cable, the USB-SATA
On 09/14/2014 01:42 PM, Linux-Fan wrote:
On 09/14/2014 02:06 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
[...]
In the meantime, you can:
- add a bitmap file to the RAID, which will speed up rebuilds.
- use the --no-degraded flag, to prevent assembly of a RAID that
is lacking a disk.
Thank you very much for
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
Also, the reliability of the external storage is required to be
perfect
Then forget USB disks. Get an HP Microserver and reliable disks.
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Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/14/2014 12:38 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
or even buy some additional drives (I know that it is often said that
today drives are cheap but for me being comparatively new to
computing, 60€ are still much for a HDD)
Where do you get good 2TB+ drives
On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 02:30:34PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote:
On 09/14/2014 01:42 PM, Linux-Fan wrote:
On 09/14/2014 02:06 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
[...]
In the meantime, you can:
- add a bitmap file to the RAID, which will speed up rebuilds.
- use the --no-degraded flag, to prevent
On 09/14/2014 04:35 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
Also, the reliability of the external storage is required to be
perfect
Then forget USB disks. Get an HP Microserver and reliable disks.
Sorry, forgot to insert a not :).
It should read the reliability of the external
Hi.
On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:55:46 +0200
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de wrote:
Concerning editing the initscript: I am now going to do that but I guess
it is going to produce trouble when upgrading to Jessie.
No it won't. Installing a new version of mdadm package will produce a
different version
On 09/14/2014 04:33 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de writes:
On 09/14/2014 12:38 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
or even buy some additional drives (I know that it is often said that
today drives are cheap but for me being comparatively new to
computing, 60€ are still much for a HDD)
Sorry, this should have been sent to the list in the first place.
Original Message
Subject: Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:12:41 +0200
From: Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de
To: Reco recovery...@gmail.com
On 09/14/2014 06:06 PM, Reco wrote:
Hi
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 06:17:00PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote:
some time ago, I bought two external Seagate 2 TB USB 3.0 HDDs in order
to expand my local storage (all internal slots are already in use).
Having created a RAID1 with MDADM just as normal, it all seemed to work,
until at one system
Dear list members,
some time ago, I bought two external Seagate 2 TB USB 3.0 HDDs in order
to expand my local storage (all internal slots are already in use).
Having created a RAID1 with MDADM just as normal, it all seemed to work,
until at one system startup MDADM told me via local mail that the
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