[mythtv-users] Anyone using SSD for long term storage?

[Ian Evans]

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Dan Wilga <
mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu> wrote:

> On 7/23/14, 10:20 AM, Ian Evans wrote:
>
>> I've never looked at raid before. Here's one question: How long do you
>> have to replace a dead drive? My drive appears to have died a few days into
>> a two week vacation. IF the rest of the drives were still healthy, would
>> you be able to toss a new drive in at that point and still be okay?
>>
> As long as only one drive dies in a RAID 5, you can take as long as you
> want. But if a second drive happens to die in the meantime, you're sunk. If
> you go to RAID 6, you're only out of luck if three drives die at once.
>
> After spending way too much time a few years ago recovering data from a
> failed drive, I've since gone to RAID 5 and now 6. Is it overkill? Perhaps.
> But this way I can have a drive fail, send the bad unit back for RMA and
> get the replacement--all while still having a one-drive safety net.
>
> Two other things I've found very helpful are smartmontools and raid-check.
> Between them, they help to point out a drive that is likely to fail before
> it becomes critical.
>
>
>
Are you using software raid or a raid controller?
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