resilvering

Reflective surface renewal

Resilvering is the process of applying a new reflective coating to a mirror whose original silver backing has deteriorated or become damaged.

Old mirrors develop dark spots or clouding when the silver layer degrades; resilvering restores their reflective quality.

In computing, resilvering refers to rebuilding data redundancy on a storage array after a drive failure or replacement: The RAID array is resilvering—it'll take several hours to complete.

mirrors

amalgam

Mixture of disparate parts

backingAid or sponsorship
coatingApplied surface covering
sputteringParticle ejection from surfaces

plating · reflectance · tarnish · oxidation · glass · substrate · adhesion · thickness · uniformity · delamination

restoration

conservation

Preventing waste or loss

antiqueOld valued collectible
heritageInherited cultural legacy
preservationMaintaining something's condition

repair · salvage · recondition · refinish · rehabilitate · vintage · patina · authenticity · provenance · craftsmanship

RAID

array

Ordered collection or display

diskFlat circular object
rebuildRestore after damage
redundancyNeedless duplication

parity · striping · degraded · synchronization · storage · NAS · SAN · fault-tolerance · controller · throughput

Opposites

restoration vs. degradation

resilveringtarnishing

Oxidizing and losing shine

corroding · deteriorating · degrading · oxidizing · neglecting

application vs. removal

resilveringstripping

Removing outer layers

scraping · abrading · dissolving

Family

silver, silvery, silverware, silvered, silvering, silversmith, silverfish, silversmithing, silverer

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G