Matthias Urlichs wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:58:30 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > >> Of course build an array out of drives so unstable that you can't safelt >> *run* a check is another topic. > > It's a topic that needs to be addressed sooner or later, however. > > Let's face it, drives do develop bad spots. > > Tossing a perfectly good drive because 0.0000064% of the data cannot be > read is wasteful (assuming a 64-kByte area of an 1-terabyte disk). I've found that once a disk starts to go bad there is a very strong tendency for it to continue to deteriorate. So I don't replace disks because they have a bad sector; I replace them because I suspect they will fail more as time goes by. Sure, some don't - I don't want to take that chance. David -- 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
