Re: RAID-5 design bug (or misfeature)

[Mikulas Patocka]

> In article <Pine.LNX.4.58.0505300043540.5305@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote:
> > I think Linux should stop accessing all disks in RAID-5 array if two disks
> > fail and not write "this array is dead" in superblocks on remaining disks,
> > efficiently destroying the whole array.
>
> I agree with you, however it is a pretty damned stupid idea to use raid-5
> for a root disk (I was about to say it is not a good idea to use raid-5 on
> linux at all :)

But root disk might fail too... This way, the system can't be taken down
by any single disk crash.

Mikulas
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