> Greetings; (Posted to LINUX-390 and debian-s390 lists) > > I came across an unsettling bit of info a while back. > > I was told that if you lose one volume of a raid set you can replace > and the data will get rebuilt, but if you lose a second volume before > you get the first one rebuilt you will lose all the data -- irretrievably! > > Is this true? Is there any reasonable way to get around it? Is there > a reasonable alternative to raid?
Something others have not mentioned is that, with Linux, you can use RAID to a network device. If your network bandwidth is sufficient, you can maintain a completely current backup of your data at some far distant location. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
