Help, my disk array has one dead member

[Liam Proven]

On 22 March 2017 at 22:36, Bruce Ferrell <bferrell at baywinds.org> wrote:
> it's either needless (this is why we use a RAID)


WHAT?!

The #1 thing that any competent storage admin will tell you, or any
guide book, is this:

*RAID is not a replacement for backups.*

Yes you still need to copy the stuff off it. If the user has never
done a disk swap before and switches the wrong disk or something, all
data will be lost. If the problem is not just a failing disk, all data
will be lost. If there are issues with controller, cabling, filesystem
corruption, anything except a failed disk, data will be lost.

This is terrible, awful advice.



RADI is not

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