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liquidmonkey
May 09, 2012Aspirant
JBOD vs regular HDD vs RAID
i'm curious as the reliability of the JBOD setup compared to just having a HDD in my regular computer. is it the same chances of a disk failing or being rendered FUBAR? i only ask as when using RA...
StephenB
May 09, 2012Guru - Experienced User
The disk is formatted differently, but the odds of a JBOD disk failing should be similar to a failing HDD in a PC. XRAID-2 is more reliable, but even with RAID you need a backup.
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