Disk Warrior and xServe RAID

Hello,
is it advisable to run Disk Warrior on a RAID volume? I seemingly have some corrupted files. I've done it in the past before, seemingly with no ill effects, but recently heard that it's not recommended.
Can anyone shed some light?
Thanks in advance.
David
multiple   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

I'd heard that alsoft expressly stated on the disc warrior product that it wasn't for use on server products. Perhaps this was the case in v3, but v4 says you can use it on RAID volumes, and I ran it successfully last week. thanks for the post.
david

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