Only if you have an on-line hot spare. Quoting smac at visi.com: > It depends on whose raid controller you are using. > > If it's a newer HP/Compaq controller you can have 2 drives fail > replace the failed drives one at a time "HOT" and not miss > a read or write. > > Sam. > > Quoting "jimstreit at northlans.com" <jimstreit at northlans.com>: > > > With RAID 5 if 1 drive fails your OK, but if 2 fail, your dead and looking > > for > > your backup, backup, backup. > > > > Quoting smac at visi.com: > > > > > The word "refurbished" is a misnomer; generally a refurbished drive is a > > > "used" > > > drive. In general the drive was returned with a machine coming off a > lease. > > > I'm still using both ATA and SCSI drives that were used/refurbished > without > > a > > > > > > problem. Be aware that they may fail and understand that it's your risk. > > > > > > Backup, Backup, Backup, is the only thing I can say about used drives. > > > > > > I run 5 Seagate Barracuda SCSI drives in my Proliant in a RAID 5 > > > configuration, > > > this limits data loss if 1 or 2 drives fail. > > > > > > Sam. > > > > > > > > > Quoting Sreekumar Kodakara <skodak at cs.umn.edu>: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am on the look out for Ultra320 SCSI disk drives. This is to > increase > > > > the storage capacity of one of our Itanium-2 servers, which we use for > > our > > > > research. I checked out at bizrate.com and found drives (73.4 GB, > maxtor > > > > and seagate) starting at $130 for refurbished ones and $230 for new > ones. > > > > Sisnce we have some constraints on purchases > $200, we are thinking > of > > > > getting regurbished ones. Are refurbished drives reliable? Any > good/bad > > > > experiences? Any good place to get such drives? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Sreekumar > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ 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