Hans Müller wrote: > raid 10 when 1 disk in the raid1 and 1 disk in the raid0 part fail then all > data is lost. only one or more disk of the raid 0 OR of the raid 1 part can > fail without any data lost. You are wrong. raid 10 and 01 are different. _____o_____ __X__ __Y__ | | | | [A] [B] [C] [D] RAID 10: A+B and C+D are two raid 1(X and Y) the union 'o' is a raid 0. RAID 01: A+B and C+D are two raid 0(X and Y) the union 'o' is a raid 1. - 10 supports a lost of one disk in every raid_1, can fail: A and C A and D B and C B and D - 01 supports a lost of one raid_0 set, can fail: X, (A and/or B) is the same because the strip is broken Y, (C and/or D) is the same because the strip is broken