[K12OSN] [OT] Firewire or USB2 in a softRAID setup

[Shawn Powers]

Shawn Powers wrote:
> (2) 300GB drives internally (IDE)
> (4) 300GB firewire drives
> (2) 300GB USB2 drives

Hmm... just got this link from someone.  Maybe I'll rip the drives out 
of the enclosures, and just do this:

http://www.serverelements.com/naslite.php

I worry about fault tolerance though.  What happens if a drive fails in 
a JBOD configuration with software raid?

-Shawn
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