4TB-Festplatten bringen RAID 6 an seine Grenzen - Höhere Rebuild-Zeiten erfordern Triple Parity von Heiko Wüst, Nexenta Systems

4TB-Festplatten werden zunehmend gängig und erschwinglich, aber viele Administratoren haben Zweifel, ob sie diese wirklich einsetzen sollten. Das Problem: Die Rebuild-Zeit einer Festplatte steigt linear mit ihrer Größe an. Es kann zwei bis vier Tage dauern, bis eine neue 4TB-Platte in einem RAID-Verbund wieder mit den Daten der ausgefallenen Festplatte gefüllt ist. Die Gefahr ist, dass in dieser Zeit weitere Festplatten ausfallen. RAID 6 verträgt zwei Ausfälle...

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