From: /m 

> I had my very first RAID 5 blowout a couple months ago, not fun at all.

I'm of the opinion that RAID 5 merely postpones the inevitable, lulling you
into a false sense of security in the process.  Therefore, when the failure
finally does occur, it's been so long since you visited that box and/or
drives, that you have forgotten important details.

 /m



On Mon, 29 May 2006 11:40:56 -0400, "Robert Comer"
 wrote:

>> That's good.  I run into too many people who think that data are backed
>> up because the data are on RAID 5 storage.
>
>I had my very first RAID 5 blowout a couple months ago, not fun at all.
>
>One good thing is it proved my disaster recover plan. 

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