On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Jon N <jdnandr...@gmail.com> wrote: <snip>
> > Which leads to my questions. If the NAS drive is installed in a > desktop computer running Debian Linux what is the result of this? > Will this command just be ignored? Will the shorter time the drive > spends trying to perform whatever operation it's having a problem with > cause a problem if the OS does not have a way of dealing with this? > How else will will this affect my system? > > In my online searches I have seen many results dealing with using > desktop drives in NAS's, but nothing (so far) that addresses the issue > the other way around. So any light you can shed on this will be > gratefully appreciated. > Both mdadm and a real HW RAID controller will kick a drive out of the array if it takes too long to respond. Mdadm is by default set higher than HW RAID, though. Either way, it just means less chance of a false positive drive failure. Cheers, Kelly
