Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 May 2005 04:47:58 +0200 (CEST) | From | Mikulas Patocka <> | Subject | Re: RAID-5 design bug (or misfeature) |
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> In article <Pine.LNX.4.58.0505300043540.5305@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> you wrote: > > I think Linux should stop accessing all disks in RAID-5 array if two disks > > fail and not write "this array is dead" in superblocks on remaining disks, > > efficiently destroying the whole array. > > I agree with you, however it is a pretty damned stupid idea to use raid-5 > for a root disk (I was about to say it is not a good idea to use raid-5 on > linux at all :)
But root disk might fail too... This way, the system can't be taken down by any single disk crash.
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