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Conventional RAID 5 isn’t good enough — here's what you should do instead

Whether you’re a newcomer to the home lab ecosystem or a data hoarder with many years under the belt, you’ve probably heard about RAID levels. After all, RAID, or Redundant Array of Independent (or ...
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Don’t trust RAID 5 with your 20TB drives; use RAIDZ-2 instead

When it comes to building a redundant array of independent disks (RAID), there's always the potential to choose the wrong RAID type. This shouldn't cause any issues with storing data, but it could ...
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how to replace a RAID 5 drive that is failing

I have a server at work that concerns me because it is showing possible errors on the removable drive status light. The server is a PowerEdge 2500 with 4 SCSI 160 drives in a RAID 5 setup. <BR><BR>I ...