Accepted mdadm 2.6.2-1ubuntu1 (source)

[Martin Pitt]

hi,

Christofer C. Bell [2007-07-13 11:22 -0500]:
> I'm not convinced that any action other than "bring up the array
> read-write in degraded mode" is necessary.  This ensures data and
> application availability and allows the administrator to take action
> while the system is up and running (one of the key points to using
> RAID, along with ensuring data is not lost to drive failure).

This is probably heavily dependent on the requirements you have on
that server:

- If you absolutely depend on data integrity, it's better to not boot
  it and drop you into a rescue shell.

- If you absolutely depend on uptime and remote accessibility,
  bringing up a degraded RAID is the way to go.

Not having physical access to my server myself, I much prefer the
second one, but I do appreciate that it defaulting to the first
alternative is a safer default.

I would welcome if this was configurable, though.

Martin

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