On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:59:55 +0100 (CET) Thorsten Jungblut <tjungblu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Dave Stubbs wrote: > > > When I powered back on, the Linux Software Raid begain resyncing the > > md device. I saw no evidence that the ataraid software even looked at > > the array to make sure it was ok. > > > > Hence my question: does ataraid resync? Does it even know if there's > > a problem? > > AFAIK it does not. > > You can boot without ataraid, use one of the disks alone, changing its > contents and reboot with ataraid and it doesnt notice that the thing is > out of sync. And my system didnt even do anything after a full crash. > > If you know such things did happen, you should resync the disks > manually.. > > Another solution i mentioned earlier in this list would be some kind of > "safe read" feature: if the system reads data from a raid1 array it > should read the data from both disks and compare it, so being able to > detect any sync problem You can also use the BIOS of the promise card to "duplicate the image". Have you ever tried that? > But the master solution for now would be not to use ataraid at all, > and instead use linux software raid > If you do, you will have more swapspace :-) > > Viele Grόsse, > Thorsten > > -- > Thorsten Jungblut > Universitδt Koblenz, Fachbereich Informatik > http://www.netcorner.org/ Pavlos -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I love having the feeling of being in control while i have the sensation of speed The surfer of life ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
