Re: [PATCH 000 of 5] md: Introduction

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Michael Tokarev wrote (ao):
> Most problematic case so far, which I described numerous times (like,
> "why linux raid isn't Raid really, why it can be worse than plain
> disk") is when, after single sector read failure, md kicks the whole
> disk off the array, and when you start resync (after replacing the
> "bad" drive or just remapping that bad sector or even doing nothing,
> as it will be remapped in almost all cases during write, on real
> drives anyway),

If the (harddisk internal) remap succeeded, the OS doesn't see the bad
sector at all I believe.

If you (the OS) do see a bad sector, the disk couldn't remap, and goes
downhill from there, right?

	Sander

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