13 Nov
2008
13 Nov
'08
11:40
On Wed, November 12, 2008 11:33, Richard wrote:
In my opinion Per, a 4 drive RAID 5 is exposed to 'degraded' operation very infrequently, and when it is, the odds of a 2nd drive failing are almost microscopic, so at a hardware level, a 3 or 4 drive RAID 5 is an acceptible risk.
If all drives are of identical make, model, batch and production date, then the risk is no longer microscopic. Also, what *caused* drive failure? If it's something like overheated hardware that makes one drive fail, the next drive will fail even sooner. -- Amedee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org