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 ...

In theory, RAID 5 protects your data. In reality, RAID 5 is often a painful failure. Why? Mean time-to-data-loss (MTTDL) is a fraud: actual rates of double-disk failures are 2 to 1500 times higher ...

The storage version of Y2k? No, it's a function of capacity growth and RAID 5's limitations. If you are thinking about SATA RAID for home or business use, or using RAID today, you need to know why.