[1188] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Update (Re: medium error, what next?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andy Poling)
Sun Dec 29 10:54:52 1996
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 10:52:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Andy Poling <andy@realbig.com>
To: "Stephen R. van den Berg" <srb@cuci.nl>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199612291427.PAA01408@dionysus.cuci.nl>
On Sun, 29 Dec 1996, Stephen R. van den Berg wrote:
> (BTW, I still don't know what AWRE and ARRE exactly enable and/or disable).
AWRE: Automatic Write Relocation(or a similar "R" word) on Error - in the
case of a write error, automatically relocate that block.
ARRE: Automatic Read Relocation on Error - in the case of a read error,
(attempt to) automatically relocate that block.
These are both very good things to have enabled, yet an astonishing number
of disks come from the manufacturer with them disabled. Go figure... I've
made it a habit to check these and other related values (such as error retry
attempts) as soon as I get a new disk in.
-Andy
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