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DateMon, 9 Mar 1998 06:16:26 +0100 (MET)
From"Michael L. Galbraith" <>
SubjectRe: 2.1.8* kernels and md raid0
On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Andy Higgins wrote:

> 
> My experience with md raid0 has been a very good one:
> 
> System Dual P-PRO 200 Tyan 
> 2 BusLogic BT-948's and one md0 device using raid0
> consisting of 6 Seagate 4GB Hawks.
> Application: multiple full news feeders and readers..
> I've been testing new News software has lead to almost a crash
> a day and fsck cleans up /dev/md0 perfectly with no
> file corruption noticeable.  Have been running this configuration
> with INN for about a 6 mos and have yet to lose any data (knock on wood)
> 
> Regards
> 
> On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Isaac Connor wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I have a question about the currnt stability of MD RAID0.  The reason I 
> > ask is that since implementing it, I have experienced serious 
> > instability, and finaly complete utter an total filesystem corruption in 
> > the space of 48 hours uptime.  (Fresh install to complete crap in 48 
> > hours).  I am trying to determine whether the md code is at fault, or 
> > perhaps if using it has revealed a problem with my hardware.  I am just 
> > curious if others use this and find it stable.  Here is my system:
> > 
> > Tyan Tomcat IIID
> > 2 p200
> > 48M EDO ram.
> > Buslogic bt958 SCSI
> > Glibc 206 based system, 2.1.8* kernels (I tried several).  
> > 
> > md setup
> > I have an ide 2.0Gb IDE Western Digital Caviar series HD on hdb
> > I have a Seagate 2.1Gb SCSI HD on sda
> > 

Maybe that Caviar drive is living up to it's reputation. I have seen
the same thing happen on a windows box with a caviar drive.  Appeared
to work, but repeatedly corrupted files.

	-Mike


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