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
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