[Pc_Support] Re: Using OS software RAID with FRAID organization, and when not to use it (in case I wasn't clear) ...

[Jason Boxman]

On Monday 28 August 2006 18:31, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
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> > I still would _not_ use this on a server.  I would _not_ trust it to
> > handle single sector errors/remapping and notifications well either.
>
> This is _key_ here.  You do _not_ get sector remapping or fully
> transparent error handling.  You now rely on the mapping to get such.
> In other words, be prepared for your system to _crash_ as a result of
> a device disconnect.  That is, and has always been, the #1 issue with
> software RAID -- _period_ -- even if you are using native Linux MD or
> Windows LDM volume management.

Sector remapping?

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