hard disk reliability

[Greg Lindahl]

> > > Given the
> > > reliability of the SCSI drives, would there be a financial advantage in
> > > using this if the data was absolutely irreplaceable?
[...]
> Oops, forgot to clarify.  By 'this', I meant using RAID 10 vs using RAID
> 5.  If only english classes hadn't been so conducive to sleeping ...

The reason to use RAID 10 over RAID 5 is usually performance. The two
have reasonably similar redundancy characteristics -- the odds of
losing a second drive before the first can be repaired are slim,
unless the problem is really a power supply or cable etc.

-- g