Le 07/12/2013 02:33, David C. Rankin a écrit :
If anyone has any other thoughts on the matter, let me know. Thanks.
I don't know if it is directly related, but... I was said (with references) that most raid systems do not manage properly the data when *several* disks are *partly* failing at the same time. this is pretty often the case It's very common for Hard drives to fail silently because some sectors become damaged, but are not read at the moment, so the defect is not seen by the raid system. in this situation, the system stops. the reason is that only read sectors are checked. in my opinion, and for my use (mostly archives), this makes raid unusefull. so I beg one should have to monitor acurately the smart datas on any hard disk in relation to the raid array to pevent the problem, but I couldn't certify this. I know people that use different makes/models of HDD for the aray to try limiting the risk of similteous failure jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org