Anders Norrbring wrote:
I think that is _very_ unusual even though it's ATA133. To test it, I've just started a resync of a 500Gb array made up of two ATA133 drives - started at 0930, the initial estimate is 264minutes. (the system doesn't do anything else).
/Per
I guess the main issue here is that my host is quite busy running as a Samba server, and it also hosts a VMware virtual machine setup.
My resync has now been running a little over an hour, and is 22.8% done. Looks like the initial estimate is going to hold.
Looks a bit ridiculous.. Maybe I should just lift off the disks and put them onto an idle machine, just to get it over with.. Current speed is hilarious.. ;-)
It's not only ridiculous, it's dangerous. The longer it takes to resync, the higher the risk of the valid drive also failing. If the disks are the same make and model and were bought at the same time, the risk is even higher.
/Per PS: -12.9C huh? It must be winter where you are :-)
Yep, it's winter in Sweden alright. Even the cat (no matter how friendly _he_ is) refuse to go outside today..
These drives are not of the same brand, nor the same size, they're only in the box to make a somewhat safe backup storage while moving from 9.3 to 11.1. So I won't use them when the upgrade is done, I just felt backing up some 160+GB would be a bit faster using drives than the old tape device in that box. Now I know better.. ;-)
I'll pull the disks and put them in another machine which is idle, just to make the build and see how they perform in that one. I'll report back in a while..
Anders.
Now then.. I pulled the drives and hooked them up to another box, booting it up from DVD to rescue mode. I can see a _slight_ difference in rebuild performance, now it tells me it'll be finished in 18 minutes. From ~1000kB/s to ~68000kB/s. I guess that's it then. ;-) Anders. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org