RAID1, a failed disk and performance

[Chuck Swiger]

Chad Morland wrote:
> What happens in terms of performance when a drive in a RAID1 system
> fails? Will disk access be slower because it attempts to read/write to
> a failed disk or will performance be faster because it doesn't need to
> do half the work it usually does?

Read access will become slower.  Write access will become faster.

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-Chuck