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Having a number of disks in RAID may **seem** like a backup, especially if you're using a mirror mode. But this is **wrong**!
Having a number of disks in RAID may *seem* like a backup, especially if you're using a mirror mode. But this is *wrong*!
RAID protects you against one and only one thing: a disk failure.
It does **not** protect you against any of the following things:
It does *not* protect you against any of the following things:
* Multiple disk failures beyond the RAID level chosen (e.g. both disks in a mirror, or 3 disks in a RAID-6).
* Failure of the RAID controller itself (especially when using hardware RAID), the computer running the RAID, or the environment (a flood, fire, theft, etc.).
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Even ZFS, designed specifically to prevent the third point, is still susceptable to the others.
The adage is simple: "RAID replicates **everything**, instantly, even the stuff you don't want." Like the deletion of a file or corruption.
The adage is simple: "RAID replicates *everything*, instantly, even the stuff you don't want." Like the deletion of a file or corruption.
For these reasons and more, RAID IS NOT A BACKUP!