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Can't say I agree with that sentiment. The fact that I can quite reasonably have a 30TB usable RAID5 NAS array makes me feel pretty spoiled. Then again, I'm old
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
Can't say I agree with that sentiment. The fact that I can quite reasonably have a 30TB usable RAID5 NAS array makes me feel pretty spoiled. Then again, I'm old enough that my first HDD was 10MB.
- chousuke 7y agoI'd be wary of making a RAID5 array with drives that big; you could easily lose another drive from the I/O caused by a rebuild; though if you have backups (you should) then it's probably an acceptable risk for non-critical data.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoI'd agree with that. Even 2-disk redundancy these days is a bit dangerous when you're talking about 14TB drives and 100+TB arrays. As is often stated: RAID is not backup.
- zaat 7y agoMine was 10MB as well, with a dedicated controller. Quantum if I'm not mistaken. And it lasted much much longer than the averages I get from 4TB disks. I believe I managed to take files out of it in 2000, about 13 years after it was installed. Edit: nope, probably was a ST506 or 412.