Jim Leonard wrote: > James Ward wrote: > >> I forgot to mention there are 16 disks in the big array. So you'd >> recommend RAID5 or 6? >> > > I'd recommend RAID1+0 actually (RAID10) if you have that many disks. > You'll have half the available disk space, but the speed of a stripe. > Plus you can lose up to half the disks and still have access to your data. >
As long as you lose the RIGHT half. Pessimistically, you can have a total failure from losing only two disks. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
