joshuaboniface
/
raidisnotabackup
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Added separation to emphasize point

This commit is contained in:
Joshua Boniface 2016-09-29 13:17:31 -04:00
parent e82ba3b9ac
commit 2f33c153e2
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

4
content/2.md
View File

@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ type = "post"
Having a number of disks in RAID may **seem** like a backup, especially if you're using a mirror mode. But this is **wrong**! Having a number of disks in RAID may **seem** like a backup, especially if you're using a mirror mode. But this is **wrong**!
RAID protects you against one and only one thing: a disk failure. It does **not** protect you against any of the following things: RAID protects you against one and only one thing: a disk failure.
It does **not** protect you against any of the following things:
* Multiple disk failures beyond the RAID level chosen (e.g. both disks in a mirror, or 3 disks in a RAID-6). * Multiple disk failures beyond the RAID level chosen (e.g. both disks in a mirror, or 3 disks in a RAID-6).
* Failure of the RAID controller itself (especially when using hardware RAID), the computer running the RAID, or the environment (a flood, fire, theft, etc.). * Failure of the RAID controller itself (especially when using hardware RAID), the computer running the RAID, or the environment (a flood, fire, theft, etc.).