Accepted mdadm 2.6.2-1ubuntu1 (source)

[Krzysztof Lichota]

Martin Pitt napisał(a):
> 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.

Only that the second option allows you to boot the system and remotely
change the config (because system boots) and the first option does not
allow you to boot the system remotely, you have to physically be there
to change the config. So if you do not have physical access (for example
you are on vacation), you are screwed.

I expect my systems to always boot if they were working before reboot.
Otherwise if you forget something before reboot (for example remove disk
from array then forget to add it back) or the system reboots itself due
to power failure, etc., you are screwed.

So I think the default would be to boot in degraded mode, even if only
to send e-mail/pager/whatever to admin that the system runs in degraded
mode. And this is what I have so far seen in other systems (e.g. Suse)
and I am surprised it is different in Ubuntu.

	Krzysztof Lichota


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