Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 23:54:10 -0500 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: DUB@payserv.telekurs.com Cc: radams@siscom.net, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building new mail system Message-ID: <34212.917067250@gjp.erols.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:39:55 %2B0100." <36A8638B.5D09A4A5@Telekurs.com>
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Bernhard Duebi wrote in message ID <36A8638B.5D09A4A5@Telekurs.com>: > Hi, > > I don't know the controllers, but if ever possible avoid Raid 5. It's slow. I > think Raid 0+1 is the way to go. Thats a very biased statement. RAID5 is fine (should in theory be identical) as RAID0 for reads. Yes, writes have a penalty, but I think that very much depends on the application. Yes, performance degrades if you lose a drive and you go into rebuild mode onto a spare, but hey, guess what, mirrors do too :) Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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