hi robin
Robin Bowes wrote:
I bought 9 (8+1 for RAID5) 6B300S0 300GB Maxtor DM10 a month ago and they seem to run fine - though I want to test them with powermax this week to see if there could be problems.
Based on my experiences, I would strongly recommend running them 7+1+1, i.e. configuring a spare diskl
the RAID 5 array has 8 drives. the "server" is in my basement and thus accessible all the time. the (tested :) 9th drive is lying in my drawer and will serve as replacement as soon as a drive dies. I hope it's enough.
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