URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive

[Erik Trulsson]

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 12:35:07PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013 at student.uu.se> wrote:
> >
> > For hardware-based RAID controllers this disadvantage is usually more than
> > offset by extra performance and (especially for the good cards with
> > battery-backed chaches) extra reliability.  Such cards are rarely cheap
> > though.
> 
> Yup. I just spent ~$600 on a RAID card from 3ware with a battery
> backup. Disheartening, but that's probably going to be the same cost
> as data recovery.
> -Garrett

Just remember to make regular backups also.
Even a good RAID implementation is not a substitute for regular backups.



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Erik Trulsson
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