@RunningInRVA
Please don't label RAID a backup because it is not. RAID 1, 5 or 6 will give you a robust drive pool that is able to recover from a failed drive.
Backups should be done on a different medium and ideally off-site.
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RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 4 days agoPlease consider RAID6 or ensure your data is fully backed up. RAID5 falls flat if a drive fails during resilvering the array.
alterelefant@mastodontech.de 4 days ago
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
It’s not an extra life, it’s another health point. Red mushroom, not green mushroom.
RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Well I wasn’t trying to, exactly. Just trying to convey that RAID5 is not considered reliable and that I was urging the commenter to ensure they have a backup if that’s what they are going to use. Regardless of how you configure your NAS, you can always lose data by mistake.
alterelefant@mastodontech.de 3 days ago
@RunningInRVA Apologies, I have clearly read your comment wrongly.
frongt@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
And, because a resilver involves significant load on the remaining drives, it’s more likely than you think. If you have drives from the same batch, they likely have the same MTTF.