Re: RAID5 - 2nd drive died whilst waiting for RMA

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David Greaves <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I've been tracking this on the ide list and I've been nervous of
> applying anything since I don't have proper  backups. I'm relying on
> redundancy.

RAID can *never* replace proper backups.  RAID only protects against
low-level disk failures.  Filesystem corruption caused by bugs,
accidental deleting of files, etc. are happily allowed.  Get a DVD
burner, you'll thank yourself one day.

-- 
Måns Rullgård
mru@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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