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Article #261Re: Photoshop and scrambled HDDs? [Was: PartitionMagic]
From: Andrew Mc
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 02:50
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 02:50
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In article <403ea76e$0$5870$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>, Miro says... > > >"Andrew Mc" <andrew@nospamplease.com> wrote in message >news:c1m0ue02b6@drn.newsguy.com... >> In article <403e7c97$0$28870$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>, Miro says... >> > >> > >> >Really, what happens if you blow two drives in a raid 5 setup ? Dont say >it >> >never happens, it did. >> > >> > >> >> You replace the drives in question and restore from last nights backup. > >You have a means of backing up 2 terrabytes ? The answer is to use a "cold" >standby in a spare drive bay. A drive that isnt running, spins up and takes >the place of the first dead one. The second failure, if it is more than 30 >minutes after the first one, wont affect the raid stripe. > >RAID is supposed to be N-1 ( for every 5 drives you use, you only get the >benefit of 4 drives storage in total.) but it is really N-2 or N-3 > >I agree with the earlier post .... the Raptor is a drive to keep an eye on. > > If you don't have the means of backing up 2 terabytes, then you shouldn't be storing it. Unless of course your lovely system can withstand a fire or a flood, or some other disaster. Or the data really isn't that important anyway. If it is, then anyone not backing up such an amount of data is an idiot.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109d17,1a04ed6784cbc3eb X-Google-Attributes: gid109d17,public X-Google-Thread: 108c83,1a04ed6784cbc3eb X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public X-Google-Thread: 10a33e,e2f42d11bea3277e X-Google-Attributes: gid10a33e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-26 19:25:04 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!cyclone.swbell.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!129.250.175.17!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!drn From: Andrew Mc <andrew@nospamplease.com> Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell,aus.photo,aus.computers Subject: Re: Photoshop and scrambled HDDs? [Was: PartitionMagic] Date: 26 Feb 2004 18:50:14 -0800 Organization: Newsguy News Service [http://newsguy.com] Lines: 33 Message-ID: <c1mb9601407@drn.newsguy.com> References: <Ftidnb81qKiNJ6XdRVn-tw@comcast.com> <IKd_b.79107$IF1.58871@nwrdny03.gnilink.net> <c1d21m$1haird$1@ID-192964.news.uni-berlin.de> <c1d2n8$1g7mmv$6@ID-151056.news.uni-berlin.de> <403a5966$0$28870$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <IQt_b.322$zm1.10343@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au> <403a93fb$0$18303$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <403ac270$0$22506$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.au> <403adf70$0$3128$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <403b5608$0$22523$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.au> <403c41e0$0$18303$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <MPG.1aa67d16e4848ea498a257@news-server.columbus.rr.com> <629%b.76315$Wa.26774@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <MPG.1aa6f13389cd959798a25f@news-server.columbus.rr.com> <HUj%b.77267$Wa.9273@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <403DDBE5.67A77D68@ozemail.com.au> <MPG.1aa7bde53e86577498a268@news-server.columbus.rr.com> <403e7c97$0$28870$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <c1m0ue02b6@drn.newsguy.com> <403ea76e$0$5870$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-981.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: Direct Read News 4.20