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In response to "so...you still have 4 god drive no problem" by Danedukenuuk

No, RAID 5 can only handle 1 drive failure. 2 drive failures and you're pretty much SOL.

Posted by Subversive Aug 25 '09, 14:28

Raid 6 can handle 2 drive failures.

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he has 4 good drive (and needs only 3) - Danedukenuuk Aug 25, 14:31 4
- No, a RAID 5 array with 6 drives could lose 1 drive without a problem. If it loses 2 drives, it's toast. - Subversive Aug 25, 14:33 3
  - 6 drives = - Danedukenuuk Aug 25, 14:36 2
    - Then that's not a RAID 5 array - Subversive Aug 25, 14:39 1
      - well it's a IBM RAID 5 array from about 1995 - Danedukenuuk Aug 25, 14:45

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