09-13-2011, 07:51 PM
C(-)ris wrote:
[quote=M A V I C]
I don't understand your "simply reboot into the mirror" comment. In a RAID 1, if one drive dies typically the machine stays up on the second drive, but goes into a mode where you can't write to the drive until you replace the second one.
That isn't at all how the Apple software(or the hardware RAID card) RAID works. One drive fails, array goes degradded, but is still fully functional. No restart needed either.
Yeah, it varies. Some still allow you to write, some don't. One way or another most go into a "degraded" status. I've even seen one (very high-end RAID) that forced you to take the array offline if a drive failed.