raid (was RE: OT: Dell disks)

[Carruth, Rusty]

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From: plug-discuss-bounces at 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...
> >
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> > -mb
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> I use software raid strictly on servers, which are headless (of course). 
> ...
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> 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.

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> 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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