Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 12:46:18 -0400 From: dochawk@psu.edu To: Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Raid Message-ID: <200105081646.f48GkIx16552@fac13.ds.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 08 May 2001 18:21:02 %2B0200." <1301044815765.20010508182102@buz.ch>
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> 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). hawk -- Prof. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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