Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 18:49:57 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Zero Sum <count@shalimar.net.au> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Thomas Seck <tmseck@web.de>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Vinum safe to use for raid 0? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10101021847110.18306-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <01010313305000.03936@shalimar.net.au>
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On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Zero Sum wrote: > I know it is a bit off topic and if it has been discussed to death befire, > I apologise. But for the lfe of me I can't see why anyone would use RAID 5 > as other than an acadaemic exercise. > > If this seems like a troll, I'm sorry, but I have had this argument so many > time in RL. In the past I have always managed to get better performance by > throwing RAID 5 out. But you don't use RAID 5 for performance. RAID is about reliablity. If you want reliability and performance, RAID10 wins. If you are operating on a budget use RAID5, or if you are putting toghether a lot of storage, RAID50. Tom Uniserve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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