Check out Parity Lost and Parity Regained and Characteristics, Impact, and Tolerance of Partial Disk Failures (which this blog indirectly cites) if you'd like a

Check out Parity Lost and Parity Regained and Characteristics, Impact, and Tolerance of Partial Disk Failures (which this blog indirectly cites) if you'd like authoritative reading on the topic. https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/fast08/tech/full_papers/krioukov/krioukov.pdf https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/fast08/tech/full_papers/... https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=8e486139d944cc7291666082bc5a74814af6e388 https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&d...