[Info-vax] Eisner? Down? (10 days later)

[Richard B. Gilbert]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <4960b9bf$0$48218$815e3792 at news.qwest.net>, G Cornelius <cornelius at eisner.decus.invalid> writes:
>> DeCoy wrote:
>>> I have not heard anything, either, since I spoke to Steve (when he was in an 
>>> airport) last week.
<snip>
> 
> Stephen sent an email out to a distribution list.  I read it late last
> evening (actually, early this morning ~2:30).  The problem appears to
> be in the RAID configuration, a drive in the RAID configuration or its
> controller.
> 

Why does the idea of the failure of a drive in a "RAID configuration" 
sound slightly bogus?  RAID 1 or RAID 5 shouldn't be bothered by the 
failure of a single drive!  Two failing drives would bring down most 
RAID configurations.  A really robust RAID 1 configuration would have 
dual controllers.