At least one of the standard RAID configurations involves simple mirroring. Each disk can have a complete set of data that is quite readable.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: DS8100 HDD failures If it is configured as part of a RAID group of disks, one disk by itself should basically look like a bunch of random characters and not be able to decode any of it, because it only had 1/6 (or other fraction) of the data to begin with. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
