Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Apr 2003 13:28:22 -0400 | From | Chuck Ebbert <> | Subject | Re: Are linux-fs's drive-fault-tolerant by concept? |
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>> I buy three drives at a time so I have a matching spare, because AFAIC >> you shouldn't be doing RAID on unmatched drives. > > Err, yes you should :-). > > Unless they are spindle syncronised, the advantage of identical > physical layout diminishes, and the disadvantage of quite possibly > getting components from the same, (faulty), batch increases :-).
Yeah, I know, and some of my serial numbers are too close together for comfort but I still like everything matched up:
hde: MAXTOR 4K060H3, ATA DISK drive hdg: MAXTOR 4K060H3, ATA DISK drive hdi: MAXTOR 4K060H3, ATA DISK drive hde: hde1 hde2 hde3 hde4 < hde5 hde6 hde7 hde8 hde9 > hdg: hdg1 hdg2 hdg3 hdg4 < hdg5 hdg6 hdg7 hdg8 hdg9 > hdi: hdi1 hdi2 hdi3 hdi4 < hdi5 hdi6 hdi7 hdi8 hdi9 >
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