From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C8D113877A for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:34:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 91AF7E09A5; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:34:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-f196.google.com (mail-ve0-f196.google.com [209.85.128.196]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 98602E095F for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:34:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f196.google.com with SMTP id oy12so558262veb.11 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 09:34:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=LQ5YGQ54hPKZMx7erv6RHw7sav0tOa13KAouSyRxkFo=; b=GvwNhT40zjm77MaqX7inI+XrnzIQNSENYvEa3Qd96d3YKLJ3oCpbh0bvWgQml+0NyH CCPMCCKIEGJKtxOxjEEa6GlK9XgvhOhvl2vXsqNjJrt6JZ+JPXMDvfXbKSs1nELAV8dG aGvXblLsboJB0e6H6k7wAJE+PuncPPiJlcb84HKUuy71oZvyxHtwKyKWdrWyqyZZLg6M 3Oh65hV+AUojh4qkKvwQj2iBhfqHMIZKBO9Xykx2eVDNCCqIgPtExX1PnxXgs1gHi1Vh ID58ZB970lrl7oW/2zBHCba60auEMeQlc6pY6+aJNFJH8BbJsJFN0iqK6pXVmDjaqGiE Ga/A== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.30.35 with SMTP id p3mr7839842veh.25.1403714063645; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 09:34:23 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.30.227 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 09:34:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <19121.1403710246@ccs.covici.com> References: <53AA050F.4070907@gmail.com> <49620f42-d9c3-43b1-9f01-1250e52eb950@email.android.com> <53AA587F.8090300@gmail.com> <20140625104639.71528ad6@digimed.co.uk> <53AA9ED7.2060700@gmail.com> <53AAAA8C.8050301@thegeezer.net> <19121.1403710246@ccs.covici.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:34:23 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: xxIIH9eUFciRavGxomxTckYmWuA Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60% From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: ef7597bb-7700-4487-8296-ef8666395d65 X-Archives-Hash: 2ccfdcd756fd75fa9e5ab8e963059d14 On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:30 AM, wrote: > > Is it not true that you cannot run raid on consumer drives because of > timing errors? > Yes, it is not true. :) I've never had issues running RAID on consumer drives. Sure, devices certified for RAID might spend less time trying to recover data which is a bit more optimal, but only in the situation where your drive is actually failing. If my RAID blocks on read for 30 seconds once a year when a drive is about to die I can live with that, assuming mdadm doesn't figure out it should give up sooner than that. Rich