>>>>> "NeilBrown" == NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> writes: NeilBrown> '16' is a fairly arbitrary number. But we don't really NeilBrown> have any good way to judge how often is acceptable, and it NeilBrown> seems like a reasonable number for now. Maybe once an hour as well? I don't have good numbers here, but just a feeling that I'd hate to waste more than hour if possible. But hey, this is a big improvement no matter what. John -- 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