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Tue, 11 Apr 2017 15:57:28 -0400
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Re: RAID 6 array and failing harddrives
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On 4/11/17 3:41 PM, jdow wrote:
> So I suppose the extended downtime while several terabytes of data are 
> restored after it's loss due to filesystem malfunction is of no 
> consequence to you.
While not trying to dowse the fire with gasoline, I'd like to remind 
folks that data loss isn't the only problem, data corruption is also a 
problem.

Oh, and while one's trying to manipulate serveral terabytes of data, the 
system slowing to a crawl because of excessive thrashing or fs overhead 
is also bad.

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