Hello, Thank you for all the inputs. Here is a joint response:
Saurabh - That is what I thought, but was wondering if I was missing something Andrew - OK, I get your point, and should have thought of that. Multiple operations will result from multiple partitions on a single disk, so that both read/write will be slower. Using multiple, smaller disks would definitely be better but adds to the server costs. P.S. Not all of us have slush funds to throw away half one's storage with a RAID 1-0, though I do wish we could. Arun - I meant multiple partitions on each disk. E.g., three 1TB partitions on a 3TB disk, the idea being to minimise space lost. Also, on hardware RAID vs. software RAID, my impressions from reading blogs was that: (a) Performance penalty is small. Yes, I get your point about the parity calculations being more complex for RAID 5/6, but how big s that? (b) There are horror stories about how hardware RAID partitions become non-recoverable if the particular RAID controller card dies. Even a replacement of the same model sometimes does not work. These might be war stories, but they scare me. I guess that I can try and experiment with read/write speeds with RAID6. Regards, Gora _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list [email protected] https://lists.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
