Re: limits on raid

[David Greaves]

david@xxxxxxx wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007, Neil Brown wrote:
>
> I want to test several configurations, from a 45 disk raid6 to a 45 disk 
> raid0. at 2-3 days per test (or longer, depending on the tests) this 
> becomes a very slow process.
Are you suggesting the code that is written to enhance data integrity is 
optimised (or even touched) to support this kind of test scenario?
Seriously? :)

> also, when a rebuild is slow enough (and has enough of a performance 
> impact) it's not uncommon to want to operate in degraded mode just long 
> enought oget to a maintinance window and then recreate the array and 
> reload from backup.

so would mdadm --remove the rebuilding disk help?

David

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