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@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Having a number of disks in RAID may **seem** like a backup, especially if you'r
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).
* Failure of the RAID controller itself (especially when using hardware RAID), the computer itself, or the environment (a flood, or fire, perhaps).
* Failure of the RAID controller itself (especially when using hardware RAID), the computer running the RAID, or the environment (a flood, fire, theft, etc.).
* Data corruption on-disk from filesystem bugs, cosmic rays, or minor hardware or firmware failures.
* Malicious or accidental deletion or modification of files by yourself or another party, including viruses, bad application writes, or administrative mistakes (e.g. `rm`ing the wrong file or `mkfs` on an existing filesystem).
* Malicious or accidental deletion or modification of files by yourself or another party, including viruses, bad application writes, or administrative mistakes (e.g. `rm`-ing the wrong file or `mkfs` on an existing filesystem).
Even ZFS, designed specifically to prevent the third point, is still susceptable to the others.