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		ars on June 1, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why RAID 5 stops working in 2009 (2007) 320% would mean you find 3 wrong bits each time you read the disk. I was calculating the expected number of wrong bits per full read of the drive. You calculated the chance of a perfect read which is similar but not the same.

lindenr on June 1, 2014 [–]

Ah, I see. Could you edit your post to reflect this? As it stands it is very easy to misinterpret.

ars on June 1, 2014 | [–]

You can only edit for a little over an hour, and it's been three.

I thought "of one bit being wrong" said it, but I can see how you misread it. Hopefully people will read the thread and see these replies as well.

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