Re: Configuring disk for self maintenance. -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Configuring disk for self maintenance.
From: Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 09:15:53 -0400
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One advantage to stopping/starting RAID 5 is that it keeps your RAID strip
balanced. Unlike the crappy RAID stripe we had when money was really
tight and we kept adding a disk at a time. Nothing like having an 8 drive
RAID set with striping only over 2 drives...

One disadvantage is that you'll need to keep an eye on the ASP 2 threshold
as the size will change as you remove failed drives over time. As each
drive is 0.75TB that can add up quickly.

Rob Berendt

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