From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: Changing chunk size Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:09:34 -0500 Message-ID: <45D639AE.10509@tmr.com> References: <45D4955C.60008@tmr.com> <17876.60347.983953.748979@notabene.brown> <45D5E05E.4000706@tmr.com> <45D5FCC7.7000503@maine.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <45D5FCC7.7000503@maine.edu> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Steve Cousins Cc: Linux RAID List-Id: linux-raid.ids Steve Cousins wrote: > > > Bill Davidsen wrote: >> >> I'm sure "slow" is a relative term, compared to backing up TBs of >> data and trying to restore them. Not to mention the lack of >> inexpensive TB size backup media. That's totally unavailable at the >> moment, I'll live with what I have, thanks. > > You don't backup your RAID arrays? Yikes! For certain data this would > be fine (data that you can recreate easily) but it sounds like this > isn't the case for you otherwise you'd just wipe the array and > recreate the data. There are other modes of failure than just the > drives themselves (file system corruption for instance) so it is wise > to do backups, even on "redundant" systems. My personal and business system are backed up. On "projects" those who write the budget set the policy and I just make sure I have a risk assessment with their acceptance in writing. University is not like real life in many cases. -- bill davidsen CTO TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979