> -------Original Message------- > From: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> > To: Michael Sallaway <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: 3-way mirrors > Sent: 08 Sep '10 06:40 > Yes, it is just reads. > It looks like you have an ancient kernel - older than April 2010 :-) > A patch went in to 2.6.35 and I think some 2.6.34.y which fixed a bug that > causes md to drop devices in a degraded RAID6 when it could have fixed the > read error. Commit 7b0bb5368a719 > > So a newer kernel might fix your problem for you. Aha -- yep, I'm just using the stock ubuntu kernel, which for 10.04 seems to be back at 2.6.32-22. Yikes! So that would explain that. I'll see what kernel I can upgrade to, and go from there. Thanks for your help! Cheers, Michael -- 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