SOFTWARE-RAID-TIPS (was: Adaptec 7890 and RAID portIII RAID contr

[Mike Bilow]

Osma Ahvenlampi wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

 OA> No, this isn't really a valid argument. Modern drives don't
 OA> "go bad" in one point, they automatically allocate spare
 OA> blocks if they detect errors, and at the point where you can
 OA> actually see bad sectors in software, the drive is past its
 OA> life (and you're lucky if you can restore data off it before
 OA> switching).

No, many manufacturers disable AWRE on their drives by default.  I have no idea
why, but one must go into the mode pages manually with a tool such as
"scsiinfo" to flip the bits if one wants AWRE enabled.
 
-- Mike




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