In my home i have had over time two drives failing. Once probably due to wear and tear when i was still powering down systems each day, and once after a power outtage (head crash probably).
Now I am planning to build a xen virtualized home gateway | file server | workstation. This system will be on 24/7 so the power on wear and tear doesn't apply. I am thinking of buying two Samsung Spinpoint F1 single platter 320GB drives and put them in a matrix raid configuration having the last 133GB or so in Raid 1 mirroring. The itunes library it will be serving will be backed up on an usb drive but the idea is to avoid down-time in case of drive failure. I want to avoid that the family is without internet while the system is reinstalled.
I was wondering however what the chance is of both drives crashing in case of a power outtage. If this chance were fairly high it would make the raid 1 idea moot. it might still protect in case of another random drive failure wich could always happen, though i couldnt tell the likelyhood of that either.
any thoughts?
Now I am planning to build a xen virtualized home gateway | file server | workstation. This system will be on 24/7 so the power on wear and tear doesn't apply. I am thinking of buying two Samsung Spinpoint F1 single platter 320GB drives and put them in a matrix raid configuration having the last 133GB or so in Raid 1 mirroring. The itunes library it will be serving will be backed up on an usb drive but the idea is to avoid down-time in case of drive failure. I want to avoid that the family is without internet while the system is reinstalled.
I was wondering however what the chance is of both drives crashing in case of a power outtage. If this chance were fairly high it would make the raid 1 idea moot. it might still protect in case of another random drive failure wich could always happen, though i couldnt tell the likelyhood of that either.
any thoughts?