Well, with RAID 10, you can crash with just two dead disks, but the chances of that are fairly slim, and in reality the chances of two disks going bad in a raid 5 are pretty slim also.
I'm really more interested in this RAID 6 idea where there are multiple parity stripes, it does a real hit to drive space as I understand, but it may be worth it. -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 8:05 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Hard drives Nick McClure wrote: > Personally, I'm not a big fan of RAID 5, if two disks go you're screwed. > I prefer the raid 10 configuration. And how many dead disks does it take to crash a RAID 10 array? And presuming the risk of a crash is proportional to the number of disks in an array, what does that mean to te overall risk? Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137083 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
