On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Wojciech Puchar
woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote:
thinking that a software raid5 solution may not be such a bad idea.
software raid5 isn't any more bad than hardware raid5 most cases.
just raid5 is bad if you use it in ANY type of load except:
a) mostly
Hello all,
I'm building a file server that must use an external sata hard drive
enclosure. It will begin with 3 2TB (RE4-GP) hard drives and expand as
needed. I've looked at 3ware and Areca hardware raid controllers with
external sata/sas ports and currently have some doubts of whether the
cost
thinking that a software raid5 solution may not be such a bad idea.
software raid5 isn't any more bad than hardware raid5 most cases.
just raid5 is bad if you use it in ANY type of load except:
a) mostly reads - then set LARGE RAID stripe size
b) mostly huge files - then set small RAID stripe
