Although that is a step in the right direction, why not go to raid 5, whereas data lost from a stripe set without parity (Raid 1) is unrecoverable, unless of course more than one disk in the array fails. You also need at least 3 HDD for Raid 5, but an extra HDD is a very minimal cost.
-----Original Message----- From: Gordon Findlay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2002 8:08 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Software RAID Hi it has been suggested to me that I configure a server to use software RAID 1, with two IDE drives, to provide a measure of redundancy. I'm dubious. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of arrangement: specifically with the RAID performance and the impact on the server? Yes, this is an attempt to d othings on the cheap :-) Slainte Gordon
