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In response to "he has 4 good drive (and needs only 3)" by Danedukenuuk

No, a RAID 5 array with 6 drives could lose 1 drive without a problem. If it loses 2 drives, it's toast.

Posted by Subversive Aug 25 '09, 14:33

You can do a RAID 5 array with as few as 3 drives, but you can still only lose 1 HD from an array without losing your data, no matter how many drives you put in the array.

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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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No, a RAID 5 array with 6 drives could lose 1 drive without a problem. If it loses 2 drives, it's toast.

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