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.