Re: what happens when all but one disk fail in raid5?

2001-03-01 Thread Corin Hartland-Swann
Hi Carlos, On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Carlos Carvalho wrote: > Corin Hartland-Swann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on 22 February 2001 16:36: > >On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Carlos Carvalho wrote: > >> What happens if I have a raid5 array and, instead of the usual > >> situation of one disk failing, I have the oppo

Re: what happens when all but one disk fail in raid5?

2001-03-01 Thread Carlos Carvalho
Sorry for the delay in replying :-( Corin Hartland-Swann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on 22 February 2001 16:36: >On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Carlos Carvalho wrote: >> What happens if I have a raid5 array and, instead of the usual >> situation of one disk failing, I have the opposite, all disks stop >>

Re: what happens when all but one disk fail in raid5?

2001-02-22 Thread Corin Hartland-Swann
Hi there, On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Carlos Carvalho wrote: > What happens if I have a raid5 array and, instead of the usual > situation of one disk failing, I have the opposite, all disks stop > except one? Unless you are using a two-disk RAID-5 array (which is really a RAID-1 Mirror), if all disks

what happens when all but one disk fail in raid5?

2001-02-22 Thread Carlos Carvalho
What happens if I have a raid5 array and, instead of the usual situation of one disk failing, I have the opposite, all disks stop except one? This may seem strange, but may happen when you have one power supply feeding all disks but one, and another power supply feeding the last disk. If the powe