On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:04 +0000, "Kevin Chadwick" <ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:41:40 -0700 > Tyler Morgan wrote: > > > I decided, for my fairly basic router needs, to not use RAID in OpenBSD > > and instead rely on CARP and backups. I am more worried about the power > > supply and the motherboard going wonky before the SSD. > > CARP is obviously better but being more worried about power > supplies (granted they can be very cheap and nasty) and MBs more than > SSD/HDD is simply nonsense.
In my personal experience I've seen many more power supply failures than HDD failures, but I guess it's just me...