raid (was RE: OT: Dell disks)

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Author: Carruth, Rusty
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To: Main PLUG discussion list, plug-discuss
Subject: raid (was RE: OT: Dell disks)



-----Original Message-----
From: 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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