hi all I'n working on server setup with some 16 disks in RAID-5; one of them a spare. After a little reading, I find myself longing for support for RAID-6 support in kernel, giving the opportunity to allow for two failed drives without a chrash (see links about RAID-6 below if interested). I am aware of that not all kernel hackers like such configurations, and that some will rather see small RAID-configurations connected with VLM. I beleive there is a reason for using RAID-6, and RAID-controller vendors (such as Compaq) are already using them, so why shouldn't linux do so also? With a high number of cheap IDE drives, the chance of one failing is quite high, so why not RAID-6? At least for a system doing most reads... thanks roy RAID-6 layout: http://www.acnc.com/04_01_06.html -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, Datavaktmester Computers are like air conditioners. They stop working when you open Windows. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
