Ciro Iriarte wrote: > 2007/10/26, Per Jessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Ciro Iriarte wrote: >> >> > Now i would like to add 4 500GB disks in a secondary array with >> > raid5 but i'm afraid i would lose the array if there's any outage >> > (have to mention a UPS in my letter to Santa....) >> > >> > Anybody knows if the raid5 (md) would survive this scenario? >> >> A RAID5 will survive a single-disk failure. I believe RAID6 can deal >> with a dual-disk failure, but you'll need more disks. >> >> >> /Per Jessen, Zürich >> > Well, i'm not talking about a phisical failure, but logical failure of > the array, the kind of failure that would require a rebuild of the > array...
Ah, then the answer is - maybe, maybe not. I'm sure it could quite possibly survive, but I also know for a fact it doesn't always. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - your spam is our business. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
