Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> (please CC on replies)
>
> Hi!
>
> I recently had a case where one disk in a two-disk RAID1 array went
> subtly bad, effectively refusing to write to certain sectors without
> reporting an error. Basically, parts of the disk went undetectably
> read-only, causing file system corruption that wouldn't go away after
> fsck, and all kinds of other fun.
>
> Would it be hard/wise to add an option for RAID1 mode to read from all
> devices on a read, and report an error to syslog or simply return an
> I/O error if there is a mismatch? (Or use majority voting and tell
> people to use 3-disk RAID1 arrays from now on ;-)
>
>
> thanks,
> Lennert
Would a two-disk raid-5 not do just what you want?
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