6 Nov
2009
6 Nov
'09
10:29
Anders Norrbring wrote:
It's really not a big deal since the SAS array is RAID-5 with 2 hot spare drives, so I'm pretty certain drive failures won't be a problem,
You meant to say "I'm certain drive failures will be a problem" ? :-) A key issue with a RAID1 or -5 is the time it takes to recover. Whilst the array is recovering, you're very much exposed. A RAID5 built of 1Tb drives could take quite a while to recover from a one drive failure. One way of reducing the risk is to use drives with staged manufacturing dates, i.e. not all from the same batch/date. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (8.1°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org