http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/array used for category lists, takes arguments en http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/raid5_may_soon_be_obsolete <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u46173/hddstack.jpg" alt="HDD Stack" width="415" height="209" /></div><p>RAID  5 users anxiously awaiting the debut of 2 TB drives to help build massive storage array’s may want to think twice before taking the plunge. An <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=162" target="_blank">in-depth look</a> into the underlying problems with massive storage RAID5 configurations suggests that s a single drive as redundancy might not cut it anymore. SATA drives carry a specified unrecoverable read rate of 10^14. This might sound like a huge number, but it basically tells us that any array in excess of 11.37 TB will contain at least one unrecoverable read. In the case of a RAID 5 rebuild, this can be catastrophic. </p><p>Hit the jump to learn why RAID 6 won't help you, and to see what the future holds.</p><p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/raid5_may_soon_be_obsolete">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/raid5_may_soon_be_obsolete#comments News array backup build a pc controller hard drives hardware RAID Software Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:35:07 -0500 Justin Kerr 4019 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/raid_done_right <!--paging_filter--><p>Leanr how to perfect a multidrive setup with our encyclopedic guide to the most common RAID configs</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/raid_done_right">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/raid_done_right#comments From the Magazine Features adaptec array backup bios build a pc controller features hard drives November 2007 RAID Software 2007 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:49:59 -0600 David Murphy 1671 at http://www.maximumpc.com