Depending on your controller and chassis, there is the option of having hot spares that are automatically added to the raid if one of the drives fails. The best insurance you can get for a RAID array is extra disks setup as hot spares or kept in a handy storage area. $250 to have an extra bit of protection on hand is quite easy to justify. Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://www.ringworld.org A password is like your underwear; Change it frequently, don't share it with others, and don't ask to borrow someone else's. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list