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 -- [email protected] mailing list
