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2007 Jul 27
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Hard disk recomendation for a software raid 5 array. Does Linux Software Raid support/interacts well with TLER enabled disks.
...I RAID EDITION Caviar SE16 7200rpm 8.9ms
16MB cache
I am tempted to use the Western Digital Raid Edition as it has 5
years of warranty. However I found out that the "Raid Edition" means
that the disk supports TLER - time limited error recovery:
http://www.excelmeridiandata.com/products/wd_raid_edition_drive.shtml
A more profound description can be found here
http://www.wdc.com/en/library/sata/2579-001098.pdf.
In summary, the error recovery time of the hard disk is reduced to 8
second. If the hard disk cannot perform the recovery it will report an
error to the RAID controller and delegate the reco...