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Old 03-05-2007, 05:16 AM  
rowan
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Originally Posted by fuzzylogic View Post
have been using raid5 for several years. however, recent studies have shown harddrives fail in groups. so the best way to preserve data is to spread it over several different machines.
Is that due to manufacturing or environment? The 4 drives in my main array are from 3 different factories, and the backup array uses a different brand of drive.
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