On 4/27/04 11:48 PM, "David Garamond" <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com> wrote: > Does this mean software RAID is actually safer than hardware RAID? > (Since the OS and processor is usually more reliable than a disc > controller). I'm not sure I would jump to that conclusion. If a controller went bad and trashed a disk below a software RAID, who knows how the RAID software would handle it? The only point I was making is that RAID usually, but not always, protects against hardware failures. There are a number of things it doesn't protect against. I'd guess in the last 15 years or so I've seen a RAID not prevent data loss on a hardware failure an average of every 2-3 years +/-. The most recent was a couple of weeks ago when 2 disks failed (the conjecture is that one died and took out the other, but no one knows for sure). Then there's all the software failures - program errors, corrupted file systems (we had that about a month ago on a ReiserFS), etc. Wes ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
