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Date:      Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:10:43 -0600
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        Artem Kuchin <matrix@itlegion.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: A little story of failed raid5 (3ware 8000 series)
Message-ID:  <46CA2D83.1070109@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <028f01c7e37a$d8f441b0$0c00a8c0@Artem>
References:  <028f01c7e37a$d8f441b0$0c00a8c0@Artem>

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Artem Kuchin wrote:
>
> So, no raid5 or even raid 6 for me any more. Never!
> 
> 

A better policy is to invest in a higher quality RAID controller.
Also, always use a battery backup on the controller, and always have
an extra disk configured as a hot spare.  Data integrity is expensive,
unfortunately.

Scott



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