NetApp's RAID-DP isn't really RAID6 because their basic raid isn't raid5, it's something else, 3 or 4, I forget which, because that works better with WAFL.
- Tony Rudié -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Eisenbraun Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 12:21 PM To: Peter Galvin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Org; Edward Ned Harvey Subject: Re: [BBLISA] RE: storevault / netapp On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:57:14AM -0500, Peter Galvin wrote: > RAID can be implemented in hardware or software. Can't speak to all hardware > RAID controllers, but NetApp does RAIDDP, and ZFS has RAIDZ2, both of which > are double-parity-disk RAID (i.e. Survive 2 disk failures rather than 1). Vendor-speak aside, isn't this just RAID6? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID6#RAID_6 -b -- lack of skill dictates economy of style. <joey ramone> _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
