2013/11/11 Stan Hoeppner <stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 11/11/2013 1:44 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > >> I believe this has been discussed before, but I would like to bring it >> up again. >> >> I would like to see mdadm recommend RAID6 over RAID6 when using >> component drives that are 500GB or larger and ask if the user is really >> sure about using RAID5, plus a pointer to a webpage on the wiki >> informing the user about the trouble with RAID5 on large volumes with >> consumer or prosumer drives. >> >> I am willing to contribute text to the webpage being pointed to. > > Wikis change to regularly, too easily. Networks can be down at times, > often the worst times. See Murphy's Law. > > It would be better to put this information in mdadm(8) and refer the > user there. > > -- > Stan > > > > > > -- > 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 Good point Stan, maybe even "are you sure you really want to do this? (see mdadm(8) for further information)" when creating the array -- /Tommy -- 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
