[ale] ATL Colocation and file server suggestions

[Ken Ratliff]

On Jan 20, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Jeff Lightner wrote:

> With RAID5 you’re still at risk from losing 2 drives and moreover it  
> is ANY 2 drives.  At least with RAID10 you have to lose 2 specific  
> drives at the same time.  You save nothing but space with RAID5  
> configuration and your risk increases.

Oh, I know and I agree. Unfortunately, I've won the lottery with  
RAID10 enough that the once bitten, twice shy rule now applies. No  
matter what RAID configuration you're in, you're at risk. Thank god  
for dedicated backup servers.

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