Comments on: Hooray for data recovery! http://thomnottom.com/blog/2006/03/22/hooray-for-data-recovery/ Muttonchops and loud shirts... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:04:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Thom http://thomnottom.com/blog/2006/03/22/hooray-for-data-recovery/#comment-2776 Thom Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:51:35 +0000 http://thomnottom.com/blog/2006/03/22/hooray-for-data-recovery/#comment-2776 You really have to be careful with converting to RAID, because man can that screw you up. A nice RAID 5 once setup properly, however, is a thing of beauty. At work we have spare drives for the servers in case one goes down - kind of sad to see such expensive drives sit around doing nothing, though. You really have to be careful with converting to RAID, because man can that screw you up. A nice RAID 5 once setup properly, however, is a thing of beauty. At work we have spare drives for the servers in case one goes down - kind of sad to see such expensive drives sit around doing nothing, though.

]]> By: orangeguru http://thomnottom.com/blog/2006/03/22/hooray-for-data-recovery/#comment-2774 orangeguru Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:21:14 +0000 http://thomnottom.com/blog/2006/03/22/hooray-for-data-recovery/#comment-2774 I am totally disenchanted with RAIDS, since they make data recover almost impossible. I simply use mirroring these days. And for servers I recommend constant backups and some spare drives of the same kind of your Raid5 Array fucks up ... ;-) I am totally disenchanted with RAIDS, since they make data recover almost impossible. I simply use mirroring these days. And for servers I recommend constant backups and some spare drives of the same kind of your Raid5 Array fucks up …

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