On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 02:26:11PM +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Raid code is already too fragile, i'm afraid "simple" I/O errors
> (which is what we need raid for) may crash the system already, and
> am waiting for the next whole system crash due to eg superblock
> update error or whatnot.
I think you've got some other issue if simple I/O errors cause issues.
I've managed hundreds of MD arrays over the past ~ten years. MD is
rock solid. I'd guess that I've recovered at least a hundred disk failures
where data was saved by mdadm.
What is your setup like? It's also possible that you've found a bug.
> I saw all sorts of failures due to
> linux softraid already (we use it here alot), including ones
> which required complete array rebuild with heavy data loss.
Are you sure? The one thing that's not always intuitive about MD - a
faild array often still has your data and you can recover it. Unlike
hardware RAID solutions, you have a lot of control over how the disks
are assembled and used - this can be a major advantage.
I'd say once a week someone comes on the linux-raid list and says "Oh no!
I accidently ruined my RAID array!". Neil almost always responds "Well,
don't do that! But since you did, this might help...".
--
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"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
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