Re: Are linux-fs's drive-fault-tolerant by concept?

Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Sat, 19 Apr 2003 17:36:02 +0100

On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 05:22:18PM +0100, John Bradford wrote:
> A RAID-0 array and regular backups are the best way to protect your
> data.

Correction. RAID-0 is the best way to loose your data. If any device
containing any part of the array goes down, you loose at least some of
your data.

RAID-1 is the redundant raid level, where each device in the set
contains a duplicate of the other device(s).

-- 
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html


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