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Re:Don’t Be Afraid of RAID by paulryanrogers on Sunday May 24, 2020 @12:03PM (#23292430)
What is the alternative? To read back the data immediately, periodically, separate-block-level check sums?
Re:Don’t Be Afraid of RAID by mjb on Sunday May 24, 2020 @06:09PM (#23295297)
Yes, that’s what you need to do if you want to approach the theoretical durability of any storage system. If you’ve got durability ‘budget’ elsewhere in your design, you might not have to do this.