[ale] raid 5 drive sync = heat death of universe time frame

[Jim Kinney]

yeah. new setup.

old rig blew up and need to deploy new rig is "YESTERDAY DAMNIT!". Thus my
impatience.

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at water.com> wrote:

>   I’m assuming this is initial setup?****
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> For me since it is new I would WANT it to check the disks on the initial
> build.  It would suck to have it say “hey these are all ok because they’re
> new” then find out 2 of them weren’t quite so OK 2 days after I had
> everything loaded.****
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> If it were simply building a replacement disk in your RAID you would be
> able to continue work while it was doing that.****
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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Jim
> Kinney
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 26, 2012 3:55 PM
> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> *Subject:* [ale] raid 5 drive sync = heat death of universe time frame****
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> It would be such an improvement with RAID hardware to be able to tell it
> "Hey! These are BRAND NEW DRIVES so all you need is a fast sync!".
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> But NO!!!! The system must confirm that all bits are in fact nulls while
> it lays down format markers.
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> <sigh>really needed this system running 20 minutes ago. With x6 750GB
> drives it'll be done syncing about 2 am.
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James P. Kinney III
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*Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain
at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.
It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
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