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

[Mathias Burén <mathias.buren@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10 May 2012 18:53, Keith Keller <kkeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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RAID6 on 7 2TB here, weekly checks..
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