Re: slow 'check'

2007-02-09 Thread Raz Ben-Jehuda(caro)
On 2/10/07, Eyal Lebedinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a six-disk RAID5 over sata. First two disks are on the mobo and last four are on a Promise SATA-II-150-TX4. The sixth disk was added recently and I decided to run a 'check' periodically, and started one manually to see how long it sh

slow 'check'

2007-02-09 Thread Eyal Lebedinsky
I have a six-disk RAID5 over sata. First two disks are on the mobo and last four are on a Promise SATA-II-150-TX4. The sixth disk was added recently and I decided to run a 'check' periodically, and started one manually to see how long it should take. Vanilla 2.6.20. A 'dd' test shows: # dd if=/

Hard disk wierdness in raid array

2007-02-09 Thread TJ
Hi, I've got a 6x200GB RAID 5 array that I've kept up for some time. I've always had a bit of trouble with stability and I've suspected a cranky controller, or disk, or a combo that simply doesn't work together, but I managed to get it up and stable for approximately 12 months. Now I'm add