[mythtv-users] [OT] Western Digital buying Hitachi

[John Drescher]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 12:02 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> That is how it goes with linux software raid as well. I know because I
>>> manage 12 to 15 linux software raid5/6 arrays.
>>
>> Ah.  I'd gathered that geometrical differences amongst the drives caused
>> inefficiency; I guess that only happens on RAIDs with spindle sync.
>>
>
> The differences are usually not big enough to cause problems or even
> noticeable performance penalties.
>

With that said they do annoy non linux software raid users. I mean if
you are relying on TLER the drive you get back will have that disabled
since it will have a new firmware.

John