Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

[Rich Freeman]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:30 AM,  <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
>
> Is it not  true that you cannot run raid on consumer drives because of
> timing errors?
>

Yes, it is not true.  :)

I've never had issues running RAID on consumer drives.

Sure, devices certified for RAID might spend less time trying to
recover data which is a bit more optimal, but only in the situation
where your drive is actually failing.  If my RAID blocks on read for
30 seconds once a year when a drive is about to die I can live with
that, assuming mdadm doesn't figure out it should give up sooner than
that.

Rich