[mythtv-users] Using media stored on multiple drives withoutLVM?

[David]

Brett Kosinski wrote:
> As for the rest, like I say, if you're happy with non-growable storage,
> RAID-5 is absolutely something to consider (although the initial outlay,
> in terms of cost, can be a bit daunting).
> 
> It is worth noting, though, that RAID-5 has one danger:  silent
> failure.  Unless you use SMART and keep an eye on it, it's possible for
> the parity stripe to become inconsistent with the array.  Something to
> keep in mind for anyone looking at a RAID-5 solution.

modern linux raid 5 *is* growable and typically your distro will configure mdadm
to email you in the event of a failure so they're not usually silent.

And SMART won't help monitor the raid state for linux md raid either... mdadm
does though - and it should email you (it does for me).

David