Hi Christian,

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Christian Spoo wrote:

> I need to set up a RAID box of about 470GB disk space accessible via
> GBit LAN.
>
> The whole thing should have good performance but must be reliable as
> well. Which RAID mode would you recommend, 5, 0+1 or maybe any other?
> How about the time needed for rebuilding such arrays in case of disk
> failure?

You forgot to mention one of the key criteria - cost.  If you've got the
budget for it then RAID 0+1 (aka RAID 10) is always going to out-perform
RAID 5.

As general rule of thumb, "which RAID should I use" questions can always
be boiled down to:

 "Speed, Reliability, Low Cost, pick any two."


-Ronan

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