Linux-Fan writes:
> On 10/07/2014 11:41 PM, lee wrote:
>
> Transferring data via network is also my favorite means of
> "transportation". On the other hand, my connection has an upload speed
> of about 70 KiB/sec and is therefore not suited for transferring medium
> amounts of data like 150 MiB (
On 10/07/2014 11:41 PM, lee wrote:
> Linux-Fan writes:
>> On 09/30/2014 01:40 AM, lee wrote:
[...]
>>> Last time I looked into buying an USB stick, I found out that I'd be
>>> better off buying an USB disk because the sticks were so expensive and
>>> their capacity relatively low, so I bought an
Linux-Fan writes:
> On 09/30/2014 01:40 AM, lee wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> I think I figured it out: The USB stuff was actually going to sleep and
>> remained unresponsive once it fell asleep, until a reboot. I used
>> powertop to disable the power management for USB and didn't have any
>> further is
On 09/30/2014 01:40 AM, lee wrote:
[...]
> I think I figured it out: The USB stuff was actually going to sleep and
> remained unresponsive once it fell asleep, until a reboot. I used
> powertop to disable the power management for USB and didn't have any
> further issues since.
>
> It might be w
Linux-Fan writes:
>> On 09/29/2014 12:56 AM, lee wrote:
>
> I cannot tell much about the reliability of SMART data in general but
> should I see a lot of "bad" values suddenly appearing I would
> immediately perform some additional backups and check the data more
> closely, listen to the drive so
On 09/29/2014 12:56 AM, lee wrote:
> Linux-Fan writes:
>> On 09/27/2014 09:52 PM, lee wrote:
>>> Linux-Fan writes:
On 09/22/2014 03:23 AM, lee wrote:
> Linux-Fan writes:
I always at least try to read/interpret the SMART data. I consider it
valuable information, although it is
Linux-Fan writes:
> On 09/27/2014 09:52 PM, lee wrote:
>> Linux-Fan writes:
>>> On 09/22/2014 03:23 AM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan writes:
> On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote:
>> Linux-Fan writes:
On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
I've seen the smart info show incred
On 09/27/2014 09:52 PM, lee wrote:
> Linux-Fan writes:
>> On 09/22/2014 03:23 AM, lee wrote:
>>> Linux-Fan writes:
On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote:
> Linux-Fan writes:
>>> On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
>>>
>>> I've seen the smart info show incredible numbers for the hours and
Linux-Fan writes:
> On 09/22/2014 03:23 AM, lee wrote:
>> Linux-Fan writes:
>>> On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote:
Linux-Fan writes:
>> On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
>>
>> I've seen the smart info show incredible numbers for the hours and for
>> the temperature. Hence I can only
On 09/22/2014 03:23 AM, lee wrote:
> Linux-Fan writes:
>> On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote:
>>> Linux-Fan writes:
> On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
> Other than that, in my experience Seagate disks my have an unusually
> high failure rate.
Mine all work here. SMART repor
Linux-Fan writes:
> On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote:
>> Linux-Fan writes:
On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
Other than that, in my experience Seagate disks my have an unusually
high failure rate.
>>>
>>> Mine all work here. SMART reports
>>
>> They'll work until they fail. I
On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote:
> Linux-Fan writes:
>>> On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
>>> Other than that, in my experience Seagate disks my have an unusually
>>> high failure rate.
>>
>> Mine all work here. SMART reports
>
> They'll work until they fail. I don't believe in the smart-inf
Linux-Fan writes:
>> On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
>
>> Other than that, in my experience Seagate disks my have an unusually
>> high failure rate.
>
> Mine all work here. SMART reports
They'll work until they fail. I don't believe in the smart-info.
> The "unreliability" has just happened
"Andrew M.A. Cater" writes:
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 03:51:54AM +0200, lee wrote:
>> Andrew McGlashan writes:
>>
>> > Whilst it is usually quite easy to find older server class hardware at
>> > bargain prices (compared to new), it is often the case that older
>> > hardware is slower and much l
On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote:
> Linux-Fan writes:
>> On 09/14/2014 04:33 PM, lee wrote:
>>> Linux-Fan writes:
or even buy some additional drives (I know that it is often said that
"today drives are cheap" but for me being comparatively new to
computing, 60€ are still much for
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 03:51:54AM +0200, lee wrote:
> Andrew McGlashan writes:
>
> > Whilst it is usually quite easy to find older server class hardware at
> > bargain prices (compared to new), it is often the case that older
> > hardware is slower and much less power efficient to newer hardware
Andrew McGlashan writes:
> Whilst it is usually quite easy to find older server class hardware at
> bargain prices (compared to new), it is often the case that older
> hardware is slower and much less power efficient to newer hardware and
> the pricing on lots of new gear has collapsed enough to
Cindy-Sue Causey writes:
> After going through this several times lately, I think of it this way:
> $25 for a cheap part when better quality is $50. That cheap part WILL
> break and usually very soon. $25 DOWN THE DRAIN, boom, just like that
> when that same $25 could have gone towards that $50 p
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On 21/09/2014 4:00 AM, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> First off, I used to use this script [1], with an entry
> in /etc/rc.local to kick it off on boot. My goal was to start
> the RAID1 array only if 2 members could be found (minimum), I
> added a 3rd me
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Hi,
I'm going to address a number of things here
First off, I used to use this script [1], with an entry in /etc/rc.local
to kick it off on boot. My goal was to start the RAID1 array only if 2
members could be found (minimum), I added a 3rd m
On 9/20/14, lee wrote:
>
> What's the point of creating and attaching to your computer an
> unreliable storage system which continues to give you trouble because
> it's unreliable?
*100% ditto*
This is coming from someone operating at an extremely low income
level: Buy the more expensive shtuff
Linux-Fan writes:
> On 09/14/2014 04:33 PM, lee wrote:
>> Linux-Fan writes:
>>
On 09/14/2014 12:38 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>>>
>>> or even buy some additional drives (I know that it is often said that
>>> "today drives are cheap" but for me being comparatively new to
>>> computing, 60
Linux-Fan writes:
> On 09/14/2014 04:35 PM, lee wrote:
>> Linux-Fan writes:
>>
>>> Also, the reliability of the external storage is required to be
>>> perfect
>>
>> Then forget USB disks. Get an HP Microserver and reliable disks.
>
> Sorry, forgot to insert a not :).
> It should read "the rel
Sorry, this should have been sent to the list in the first place.
Original Message
Subject: Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:12:41 +0200
From: Linux-Fan
To: Reco
On 09/14/2014 06:06 PM, Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Sun, 14 Sep 2014
On 09/14/2014 04:33 PM, lee wrote:
> Linux-Fan writes:
>
>>> On 09/14/2014 12:38 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>>
>> or even buy some additional drives (I know that it is often said that
>> "today drives are cheap" but for me being comparatively new to
>> computing, 60€ are still much for a HDD)
>
Hi.
On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:55:46 +0200
Linux-Fan wrote:
> Concerning editing the initscript: I am now going to do that but I guess
> it is going to produce trouble when upgrading to Jessie.
No it won't. Installing a new version of mdadm package will produce a
different version of /etc/init.d/m
On 09/14/2014 04:35 PM, lee wrote:
> Linux-Fan writes:
>
>> Also, the reliability of the external storage is required to be
>> perfect
>
> Then forget USB disks. Get an HP Microserver and reliable disks.
Sorry, forgot to insert a not :).
It should read "the reliability of the external storage
On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 02:30:34PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote:
> On 09/14/2014 01:42 PM, Linux-Fan wrote:
> > On 09/14/2014 02:06 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >> In the meantime, you can:
> >> - add a bitmap file to the RAID, which will speed up rebuilds.
> >> - use the --no-degraded flag, to
Linux-Fan writes:
>> On 09/14/2014 12:38 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>
> or even buy some additional drives (I know that it is often said that
> "today drives are cheap" but for me being comparatively new to
> computing, 60€ are still much for a HDD)
Where do you get good 2TB+ drives for only E
Linux-Fan writes:
> Also, the reliability of the external storage is required to be
> perfect
Then forget USB disks. Get an HP Microserver and reliable disks.
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On 09/14/2014 01:42 PM, Linux-Fan wrote:
> On 09/14/2014 02:06 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
[...]
>> In the meantime, you can:
>> - add a bitmap file to the RAID, which will speed up rebuilds.
>> - use the --no-degraded flag, to prevent assembly of a RAID that
>> is lacking a disk.
>
> Thank you very
On 09/14/2014 12:38 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 08:06:59PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
[...]
>> It's almost certainly a real problem, and in my experience it is
>> not the disk itself which is bad, but something in the path (the
>> USB port, the USB cable, the USB-SATA int
On 09/14/2014 02:06 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 06:17:00PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote:
[...]
>> Is there any means to configure MDADM (or such) to make sure that all
>> devices are recognized before attempting to start the array so that I
>> could manually reconnect the missing di
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 08:06:59PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 06:17:00PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote:
> > some time ago, I bought two external Seagate 2 TB USB 3.0 HDDs in order
> > to expand my local storage (all internal slots are already in use).
> > Having created a RAID1 wit
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 06:17:00PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote:
> some time ago, I bought two external Seagate 2 TB USB 3.0 HDDs in order
> to expand my local storage (all internal slots are already in use).
> Having created a RAID1 with MDADM just as normal, it all seemed to work,
> until at one system
Dear list members,
some time ago, I bought two external Seagate 2 TB USB 3.0 HDDs in order
to expand my local storage (all internal slots are already in use).
Having created a RAID1 with MDADM just as normal, it all seemed to work,
until at one system startup MDADM told me via local mail that the
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