Re: Mdadm Corruption

2006-12-06 Thread Maxus
Hi There, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > On 05.12.06 15:54, Maxus wrote: > > Thanks for the reply, I'm well aware the device is a hardware raid > > highpoint 1640 is NOT a hardware raid controller, see > http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html Yep. > > controller, but like most cheap ra

Re: Mdadm Corruption

2006-12-06 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 05.12.06 15:54, Maxus wrote: > Thanks for the reply, I'm well aware the device is a hardware raid highpoint 1640 is NOT a hardware raid controller, see http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html > controller, but like most cheap raid card this unit uses the host CPU > to do the raid striping

Re: Mdadm Corruption

2006-12-05 Thread Maxus
Hi Johannes, Thanks for the reply, I'm well aware the device is a hardware raid controller, but like most cheap raid card this unit uses the host CPU to do the raid striping. I was concerned that if the card failed I would lose my raid array, So I wanted to use mdadm so that I could just replace t

Re: Mdadm Corruption

2006-12-05 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Maxus wrote: > Hi Linux Pepole, > > I have a debian box (sarge (I think)) with a 2.6.8-3.386 kernel. I > recently upgraded to 2.6.18 to get checkarray working in Mdadm (it > needs a kernel high than 2.6.15 to function) as there is not a lot of > point in having a raid system if it doesn't keep an

Mdadm Corruption

2006-12-04 Thread Maxus
Hi Linux Pepole, I have a debian box (sarge (I think)) with a 2.6.8-3.386 kernel. I recently upgraded to 2.6.18 to get checkarray working in Mdadm (it needs a kernel high than 2.6.15 to function) as there is not a lot of point in having a raid system if it doesn't keep an eye on itself :) Anyhow