> Extended timeouts lead to manual intervention, not a > change in the > probability of data loss. In other words, they > affect the MTTR, not > the reliability. For a 7x24x365 deployments, MTTR is > a concern because > it impacts availability. For home use, perhaps not so > much. > -- richard
As a home user, not running 24/7, replacing a problematic drive manually is not a problem. My main concern would be not to lose the whole array due to additional failing drives during the recovery process. Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
