Dexter Filmore wrote:
Of all modes I wouldn't use a linear setup for backups. One disk dies - all data is lost.
I'd go for an external raid5 solution, tho those tend to be slow and expensive.
Unfortunately "budget" is the overriding factor here. Unlike RAID 0, I thought there may be a way of recovering data from undamaged disks in a linear array, although I guess the file system used has some say in this. I hope to mitgate the risk somewhat by regularly using smartd to do long self tests on the disks. Regards, Richard - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
