# General beginner questions about the Node **URL:** \ **Category:** FAQ\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [September 15, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/general-beginner-questions-about-the-node/15308 "2021-09-15T14:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/general-beginner-questions-about-the-node/15308/3 "2021-09-15T18:28:43Z")
Hello @dsimon24cx , Welcome to the forum! > [@josh](#): > > or spanning the existing drive to an additional disk Please, never do that. With one disk failure the whole node is lost. Run two (3, 4, 5, …) nodes instead. The RAID5 is not safe with todays disks too: > [@Hardware configuration and receiving mail with token](https://forum.storj.io/t/topic/6445/4): > > 8 disks is not few disks. You may think you’re running a small risk, but you’re absolutely not. Please read this: [The Latest - Whether RAID 5 is still safe in 2019 - Digistor Australia](https://www.digistor.com.au/the-latest/Whether-RAID-5-is-still-safe-in-2019/) If you don’t want to read the entire article, here is the most important image. With your setup in RAID5, you’re almost guaranteed to fail a rebuild. Have enterprise level HDD’s with lower URE rates? The image does look better, but still not great at all. It seems the P440 supports online … See also [RAID vs No RAID choice](https://forum.storj.io/t/raid-vs-no-raid-choice/6776) > [@josh](#): > > if the node data is lost you would need to create a new node using a different authorization token. and a new identity: [Step 5. Create an Identity - Storj Docs](https://docs.storj.io/node/dependencies/identity#create-an-identity) Do not copy the existing one - it will be disqualified in seconds! --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.storj.io/t/general-beginner-questions-about-the-node/15308)._