Solstice DiskSuite 4.2.1 User's Guide

Why is Using Prestoserve With Mirrors Discouraged?

The simple reason is that using Prestoserve together with mirors introduces a single point of failure into the I/O subsystem, which is exactly what mirrors are designed to avoid. The use of Prestoserve lowers the MTBF of a mirror to approximately the same as a single disk.