Re: Using Alioth Opteron net install to config MD raid1

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Adam Majer <adamm@zombino.com> writes:

> Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>
>>Do you realy want swap as raid1? It is unlikely that the system will
>>live through a disk failure with ide disks anyway. Most of the time a
>>reboot is required if not even unplugging the broken disk.
>>  
>>
>
> Not true. It depends on the type of disk failure. Most of the disk
> failures that I've had dealt with the drive grinding to a halt or some
> other mechanical thingy in the drive breaking. Software raid detects
> that (cannot read drive) and kicks the drive out. The admin can then
> spin down the drive, etc.. (hdparm).
>
> Modern IDE drives are quite good at detecting their own failures.
> Virtually all have S.M.A.R.T. just like SCSI. Of course, SCSI is still
> more reliable than IDE :)
>
> - Adam

Except those cheap IDE controlers on most home systems tend to lock up
completly or otherwise crash in those cases very often.

At least that is my experience over the years. But then I don't have
much expensive and shiny new equipment or much experience on the new
stuff I have (since it is new, hasn't failed yet :).

MfG
        Goswin