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Message-ID: <4673E7DC.80508@dgreaves.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:38:36 +0100
From: David Greaves <david@...eaves.com>
To: david@...g.hm
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, Wakko Warner <wakko@...mx.eu.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: limits on raid
david@...g.hm wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007, Neil Brown wrote:
>
> I want to test several configurations, from a 45 disk raid6 to a 45 disk
> raid0. at 2-3 days per test (or longer, depending on the tests) this
> becomes a very slow process.
Are you suggesting the code that is written to enhance data integrity is
optimised (or even touched) to support this kind of test scenario?
Seriously? :)
> also, when a rebuild is slow enough (and has enough of a performance
> impact) it's not uncommon to want to operate in degraded mode just long
> enought oget to a maintinance window and then recreate the array and
> reload from backup.
so would mdadm --remove the rebuilding disk help?
David
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