On 9 May 2017, Reindl Harald verbalised: > Am 09.05.2017 um 13:15 schrieb Nix: >> (Or were you not running any long self-tests? That's at least as risky >> as not scrubbing, IMNSHO.) > > no i do both regulary > > * smart short self-test daily > * smart long self-test weekly > * raid scrub weekly > > and no - doing a long-smart-test daily is not a good solution, the > RAID10 array in my office makes *terrible noises* when the SMART Agreed, though in my case not because of noise, but just because the test takes fourteen hours and noticeably degrades disk performance while it runs. I'm doing a long self-test monthly and frankly I'm wondering if every three months is sufficient. > well, that machine has not lost a single drive, a clone of it acting > as homeserver 365/24/7 has lost a dozen in the same time.... A *dozen*?! In six years? Even with a big array you've been incredibly unlucky, or you have young children and a corresponding disaster rate. (Meanwhile, my last machine, with much-maligned WD GreenPower variable-spin-rate disks, was completely happy for eight years, zero failures, zero reallocations that I can see. I can only hope my new lot are that good.) -- 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
