once again depends on your hardware. If you have hotswap bays and a raid controller that supports hot swap then there is no difference. But if you are using software mirroring then yes a reboot would be required.
Kevin Bilbee > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Foresman > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Server Type for IMail > > > I may be incorrect but someone will point this out. I believe that Raid 5 > keeps on humming along while raid 1 requires a reboot of the server in the > event of drive failure. Raid 5 should simply allow for a hot swap > replacement of a drive and everyone's happy. > > Bill > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Tolmachoff > (Lists) > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Server Type for IMail > > > > Raid 5 will save your butt when a drive fails so you might rethink > > that. > > > > Bill > > And Raid1 does not? Boy, some one sure does not like reading all the posts > about poor performance with Raid5 vs. Raid1. > > John Tolmachoff > Engineer/Consultant/Owner > eServices For You > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
