also sprach Mike Bird <mgb-debian@yosemite.net> [2007.08.20.1627 +0200]:
> > 3) RAID 5 is not resilient against multiple failures. We now use RAID 1.
> > RAID 1 is also faster, although it sometimes requires more drives.
> > In extreme cases we use RAID 1 with three or more drives.
>
> On Monday 20 August 2007 00:36, martin f krafft wrote:
> > RAID 1 is also not resilient to multiple failures.
>
> Is the loss of N-1 members of an N-way RAID-1 not survivable?
Well, yes. I see what you mean now. You can survive N-1 harddrives
failing at once while with RAID5, that better not happen before
a spare could take over.
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