[rescue] FS (historical?) PPro 180 or 200, with VRM

Charles Shannon Hendrix shannon at widomaker.com
Sat Apr 8 22:52:12 CDT 2006


Fri, 07 Apr 2006 @ 20:37 -0700, Devin L. Ganger said:

> Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
> 
> (2x RAID 5)
> 
> > Why not 1 12 drive RAID 5 ?
> 
> Performance and the ability to survive more than a single drive failure.

*IF* it occurs on the opposite stripe.

Otherwise, you might be better off sacrificing some drives for spares, if you
are really worried about multiple drive failures.


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