Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:08:58 +0100 From: "Martin Hepworth" <maxsec@gmail.com> To: "Robert Fitzpatrick" <lists@webtent.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Advice on RAID? Message-ID: <72cf361e0605120608u341e696emff71c8ca7ef1e7ed@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1147383319.15954.75.camel@columbus.webtent.org> References: <1147383319.15954.75.camel@columbus.webtent.org>
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Depends on how write heavy the filesystem will be, if it's write heavy then you may find a RAID 5 with 3 disks sucks (esp for a database). On 5/11/06, Robert Fitzpatrick <lists@webtent.net> wrote: > > I have looked into and tried FreeBSD 6.0 Vinum and GEOM RAID in our PIII > SCSI 80-pin server with the help of several here on the list. I'm pretty > much going to use GEOM RAID-1 for the system disks using Ralf's doc. I > have room for 3 more disks. Would you recommend using Vinum RAID-5 on > three 73GB drives or using GEOM RAID-1 again on 2 147GB drives? > > If there is no big reason to use either over the other, we've decided to > go for the most space and RAID-5. But the amount of space we would be > gaining is probably less than 50GB, correct? > > Or do you have another solution on our $700 budget. It is a debate here > and would like to get experienced insight. > > Thanks in advance for your time! > -- > Robert > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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