Data Loss or Fault Tolerance?

2014-06-03 - SEND FEEDBACK

Related: backup, data integrity, fault tolerance, RAID, SoftRAID, Thunderbolt

What happens when a drive fails? Data loss or fault tolerance?

Whether you’re a videographer or photographer, choose the solution that keeps you working with no data loss and always keep backups too.

Awesome: SoftRAID with RAID-5 rebuild

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SoftRAID 5 making a 35TB RAID-5 using dual OWC Thunderbay units (8 drives)

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