Re: Software RAID-1 under 5.2

[Aaron Turner <aturner linuxkb org>]

I've been running raid1 under 5.2 on a production server for almost a year
with no problems.

I'm using 2.0.36, raidtools-0.90, and raid0145-19990108-2.0.36 on a
ncr53c8xx and two Quantum QM39100TD-SW's.

Since this is a VA box, I'm also running all their kernel patches
(available on ftp.valinux.com) which is for their hardware.

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On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Eric Sisler wrote:

> I know software RAID has changed somewhat between the 2.0.x and 2.2.x
> kernels and I will be upgrading at some point, but for now the 2.0.36
> kernel has proven plenty stable for me.
> 
> What I want to know is:  How stable is software RAID-1 under RH 5.2 and the
> 2.0 kernel?  I have a filesystem I'd like to mirror but if raid isn't
> reliable under 5.2 I'll just wait till I upgrade.  I also can't find much
> in the way of tools other than raidtools-0.50beta10-2.  Is there a newer
> version or different package I should be looking for or will these suffice.
>  Keep in mind this is for a production server, so stability is the most
> important thing.