Other than the case when 2 drives failed, Raid 5 worked for me for many 
years. If you are using simple mirroring though 2 drives failing will 
cause the same issue. I now use Raid 6 for a little more redundancy. 
Always backup your data to other storage (offsite if possible) in-case 
of disaster.

Gilbert

On 6/21/2012 8:41 AM, Carruth, Rusty wrote:
> raid (was RE: OT: Dell disks)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us on behalf of Eric 
> Shubert
>
> On 06/19/2012 09:13 PM, Michael Butash wrote:
> > > So yeah, no raid is perfect...
> > >
> > ...
> > > -mb
> >
> > I use software raid strictly on servers, which are headless (of course).
> > ...
> >
> > I don't know why anyone would run SSDs in a raid. RAID IS NOT A BACKUP.
>
> Rather than my guessing, would you mind explaining your reasons?  I'm 
> curious.
>
> > ...
> >
> > BL, *never* use fakeraid, and avoid raid-5 if possible. Disk space is no
> > longer expensive enough to justify using raid-5.
>
> Wow, someone else who agrees with me - IMHO, if its important enough 
> to need raid, don't try to skimp and save a few bucks so you can lose 
> your data!
>
> Rusty
>
>
>
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