>> The partial media failure problem described here is exactly why it's >> important to run smartmontools in combination with your RAID array >> of any level. By running regular checks of the disk surface you can >> know well ahead of time that you're going to have trouble. in >> practice this more than mitigates the risk of partial media failure. >> >> http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ ><sigh> I wish the code to enable SMART for SATA drives would make it >into mainstream *real* soon now. In addition to the libatapatches, the 3ware sata controllers support SMART. They are about $250 used on ebay for a 12 drive card. Still 4x as expensive as a 4 drive controller but only one slot VS three... HTH - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
