>> The integrity of the data with files after any issues such as these may be >> suspect, especially if the fileystem was on a RAID5 which is very well known >> for silent data corruption. This is why RAID5 should not be used. > > OK that's possibly a whole separate thread for qualifying such a statement. > Apple has a supported product that uses RAID 5. I have clients with them and > they've lost drives, and no data, and no data corruption. And an even larger > sample size exists if filesystems other than jhfs+ are considered. RAID 5/6 > are common with ext3, ext4, XFS and other file systems without anyone > suggesting RAID 5 in particular is known for itself increasing the incidence > of silent data corruption. >
There is a reason why it is called silent data corruption. They may not know they have it. It happens all the time and with HW raid 5 you may not even know it for a long time. This is the whole reason why ZFS was made._______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
