Category: raid

GNU Linux – basic harddisks benchmarks with dd and fio (ssds KINGSTON SKC600512G vs Samsung SSD 850 PRO vs Samsung SSD 860 EVO vs Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB) – ntfs vs ext4 – how fast are virtual harddisks?

13.11.2020

update 2022: next to the good old (non-destructive if used correctly) “dd” is still the way to go for benchmarking harddisks under GNU Linux. a simpler one is “gnome-disk-utility” also interesting but not very simple in installation & usage (complicated! […]

kernel 4.19 can not install raid module – something is seriously wrong with raid – dracut[30219]: Failed to install module raid0

22.11.2018

kernel 3.10, software raid1 works fine… kernel 4.18, software raid1 seems to work fine… kernel 4.19, software raid1 miserably fails… it starts to sync raid1 discs becomes slower and slower and finally “120 seconds….” then comes to a halt. i […]