Re: Which disks for high random seeks?

[anoah]

> I\'m looking to create a small (3-disk) raid-5 array.  Each disk
will
> probably
> be a 9 or 18gb drive.  This is for a small news/messaging server. 
I\'m
> looking
> for a cost/performance solution that will give me high random I/O.

have you considered raid1? i wonder if that might give faster seek
on read, and prob. similar on write in a two disk configuration. to
a three drive raid5 array.

only application will tell i guess.

allan