Re: [Declude.Virus] EXITSCANONVIRUS

[Jim Matuska]

I personally would not go with 2 different brands of drives since the 2 different brands would be slightly different in design and could vary in performance and in my opinion could cause issues with array stability.  On the other hand I have had drives in Raid1 Fail, but I have never had the whole array fail, 1 drive just goes down and I replace it.  Perhaps for the best performance and to avoid a bad lot you would be better off buying 2 drives of the same model and brand but buy them from 2 different vendors so you get 2 different lots.    Jim Matuska Jr. Computer Tech2, CCNA Nez Perce Tribe Information Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Marc Catuogno To: Declude.Virus@declude.com Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 8:40 AM Subject: RE: [Declude.Virus] EXITSCANONVIRUS John,   Sorry to hear about that – it sucks. There was something I heard once about having identical drives mirrored.  That if they were from the same vendor and the same model and lot number they can fail at the same time.  The IBM Deskstar was apparently notorious for this.  If I’m building a server I try to use two different HDs on the mirror – one IBM and one Maxtor or something.  It is tough to get my host to do this for me.   Good luck man~   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Tolmachoff (Lists) Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 3:31 AM To: Declude.Virus@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.Virus] EXITSCANONVIRUS   Off the topic, but it interrupted my work on my mail server.   Any one ever loose both mirrored OS drives at the same time?   FUN FUN FUN   NOT!   At least Ghost is able to read the master.   John T eServices For You