Re: raid is dangerous but that's secret (was Re: [patch] ext2/3: document conditions when reliable operation is possible)

From: Krzysztof Halasa
Date: Thu Sep 03 2009 - 07:12:33 EST


Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Just to add some support to this, all of the external RAID arrays that
> I know of normally run with write cache disabled on the component
> drives.

Do they use "off the shelf" SATA (or PATA) disks, and if so, which ones?
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Krzysztof Halasa
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