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Subject: Re: Quick question on Software RAID support.
To: inglem@cisco.com (Mukund Ingle)
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 01:45:33 +0000 (GMT)
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> 1) Does the Software RAID-5 support automatic detection
>      of a drive failure? How?

It sees the commands failing on the underlying controller. Set up a software
raid 5 and just yank a drive out of a  bay if you want to test it

> 2) Has Linux Software RAID-5 been used in the Enterprise environment
>      to support redundancy by any real-world networking company
>      or this is just a tool used by individuals to provide redundancy on
>      their own PCs in the labs and at home?

Dunno about that. I just hack code 8)
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