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Re: Mirrored Disk vs. Raid
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Mark Landin <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Landin <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 5 Dec 2000 13:33:17 -0600
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On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 09:01:02 -0600 (Central Standard Time), Dave
Darnell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>HP's mirroring involves drives that are expensive.
>RAID by definition involves drives that are not expensive.
>Therefore, aren't the two mutually exclusive?
>

Well the "I" in RAID has officially changed from "inexpensive" to
"independent", basically because "inexpensive" is a matter of opinion.
Further, compared to even 10 years ago, there is no such thing as an
expensive disk anymore.

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