Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, David Liontooth wrote:
>>   * define 4 pairs of RAID 1 with an 8-port 3ware 9500S card * the OS will
> Hmm. You'd have eight disks, five(!) may fail at any time, giving you

Four, isn't it?
RAID6 covers the failure of 2 of the underlying RAID1s, which, in turn,
means failures of 2 disks each, so four.
Sometimes even 5, yes - given the right ones fail.


regards
   Mario
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