On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Nick Holland wrote: SNIP > Welcome to the REALITY of RAID. > > If you rely on RAID to always work, and never go down, you Just Don't > Understand. SNIP > Doesn't matter about drive type, doesn't really matter about device > drivers, there are PLENTY of things that CAN and WILL cause every drive > on the same channel with the failed drive to go down. There are even > plenty of things that can fail on the drive which will jump across > channels (imagine a nice little despiking cap shorting out, slamming > your 5v line to ground for a moment until it turns into a puff of smoke. > yes, I've seen this). RAID can help you get back up faster, but it > can't keep you from ever going down.
Yep, it's amazing what happens to a hard drive when you pull out your FiveSeven and pop off a few rounds into the system. diana
