Re: md RAID with enterprise-class SATA or SAS drives

[Keith Keller <kkeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2012-05-10, Phil Turmel <philip@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Frequent array checks are not optional, if you want flush out any UREs
> in the making, and maximize your odds of successfully rebuilding after
> a drive replacement.  If you are running RAID6 or a triple mirror, with
> frequent checks, you are very safe.

How frequent do people define as "frequent"?  I typically do monthly
checks, but perhaps I should be doing them weekly.

--keith


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