Hi
Mike Frisch wrote:
>
> First off, is there a FAQ or home page for this mailing list?
>
Hm, I think it is mirrored at linux.com or linux.org (also look at
linuxhq)
> What is the behaviour when a drive fails in a RAID 1 configuration using
> the built-in software RAID? If it is taken offline, is the other
> drive's 'image' enough to sustain the array? (ie. will the system
> continue to run with one of two drives operational in the "array") When
That is the intention of (redundant) raid arrays: holding the data
wether one drive
fails; it will keep working.
> the failed drive has been replaced, is the recreation of the image
> transparent?
>
As far as I know, it will start recovering immediately after you have
replaced the
disk and prepared the new one.
> Is hot swap supported (perhaps using the Promise EIDE hot swap brackets)
> when using the software RAID implementation?
>
Hotswap is supported; but I am not sure by using IDE drives; I am not so
familiar with todays IDE technique.
> I am planning on creating a RAID 1 configuration on my home system using
> two EIDE channels and two new, large EIDE drives. Can the S.M.A.R.T.
> capabilties of some new drives work in conjuction with the disk failure
> detection in the current Linux RAID implmentation?
>
Don't know... but I think yes.
> Any other tips for optimizing performance are greatly appreciated.
>
You can built your raid 1 by using two stripes containing two disks
each; you will
have /dev/hda and /dev/hdb as the one stripe (raid 0) and /dev/hdc and
/dev/hdd as
second one. To mirror them will give you performance and redundancy at
the same
time.
Greetings, Dietmar
> Much thanks in advance,
>
> Mike.
>
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> Mike Frisch
> Software Engineer
> Hummingbird Communications Ltd. North York, Ontario, Canada
>
> Disclaimer: I speak for myself, not my employer
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