raid (was RE: OT: Dell disks)

[Stephen]

I have never liked raid 5 but can still see its use. And while you are 100%
correct I have the statement that raid is not a back up it is a good
feature for performance needs and overall uptime so you can keep running in
case of single disk failure. Which I have dealt with.
On Jun 21, 2012 8:45 AM, "Carruth, Rusty" <Rusty.Carruth at smartstoragesys.com>
wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us on behalf of Eric
> Shubert
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> On 06/19/2012 09:13 PM, Michael Butash wrote:
> > > So yeah, no raid is perfect...
> > >
> > ...
> > > -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.
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> Rather than my guessing, would you mind explaining your reasons?  I'm
> curious.
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> > ...
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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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