Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 19:19:39 +0200 From: Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch> To: dochawk@psu.edu Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re[4]: Raid Message-ID: <1891048333013.20010508191939@buz.ch> In-Reply-To: <200105081646.f48GkIx16552@fac13.ds.psu.edu> References: <200105081646.f48GkIx16552@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hello dochawk, Tuesday, May 08, 2001, 6:46:18 PM, you wrote: >> Which is why RAID 1 is superior, IMHO. Drives are bloody cheap today. >> Your data probably not (else you wouldn't be using RAID in the first >> place) so make it use the best. > my understanding is that you can have a hot standby on RAID 5, so that > if a disk fails, it is replaced with the standby, leaving you protected > whileyou replace the offending drive. But don't hold me to this; I > can't back it up (but we want to set up our new server like this). In general, this is the case, yes. But one should still see that the overall security is a bit lower as a second failing drive in a row will result in a serious problem, for RAID1 it would have to be the twin that has to fail in order to create a real problem. In all cases, RAID 1 is way simpler to implement properly. Best regards, Gabriel -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.0.2i iQEVAwUBOvgcosZa2WpymlDxAQE9qgf+LN19/sW41esg5uhugn0lPLkgEC+HDsPG JE1YZxGCs1WrNGtF5nYwNcG+v6seG4AAo+xKogyU48nJbmF1M03chvSK/ljmwsx3 qnfW06w2NPUjrMmnc3xSEEHxBcN2Bn/1nz4E02R590N7kXmdvPXLi7y9sjx5BUEf 3hIOx6nQBMZmD+/WE6DQhlTWhzWxZZqbcXKEtQMMIO6wHwV0MIo4mNgM7ozbyxqL Sjw21wxfGMRK/uDQR/BY76xSGMZagmZtt3/bbJo3AWul2wJXVt75zaoc4pDN4T3r XbuBtYRpfrHEWyMzkb3uIF0wmjx6mA6KqvULHhThfwsN8TDerE4/Rg== =XFKS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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