[plug] re: RAID5 & Hot Spares

[Craig Ringer]

>>Well ... if it weren't for the expensive SCSI drives, I'd probably do
>>something quite horrible. 
> 
> Break into the cable and install a switch on one of the data lines would be 
> my approach.

Yeah, but I can't think how to actually simulate bad sectors that way. 
Electronics failures, yes, but not good 'ol bad sectors and disk 
mechanics problems - something that it may be even more important for a 
RAID controller to notice.

Craig Ringer