Re: [OT] Religious RAID Arguments (was: Running Multiple Copies...)

2000-10-12 Thread Greg Cope
Jeremy Stanley wrote: On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Bill Carlson wrote: interesting snippage But this is a religious argument that has been hashed out repeatedly on many mailing lists I've been on in past years. The RAID-1 crowd and the RAID-5 crowd never gain converts as neither seems to be

Re: [OT] Religious RAID Arguments (was: Running Multiple Copies...)

2000-10-12 Thread Bill Carlson
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Greg Cope wrote: Jeremy Stanley wrote: On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Bill Carlson wrote: interesting snippage But this is a religious argument that has been hashed out repeatedly on many mailing lists I've been on in past years. The RAID-1 crowd and the RAID-5

Re: [OT] Religious RAID Arguments (was: Running Multiple Copies...)

2000-10-12 Thread Bill Carlson
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Jeremy Stanley wrote: On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Bill Carlson wrote: Depending on how the RAID5 is setup, it can actually be slower than a single disk! Especially on data writes. RAID5 is a compromise between data safety, i/o speed and price. A decent RAID1 or RAID 1+0 will

[OT] Religious RAID Arguments (was: Running Multiple Copies...)

2000-10-11 Thread Jeremy Stanley
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Bill Carlson wrote: Depending on how the RAID5 is setup, it can actually be slower than a single disk! Especially on data writes. RAID5 is a compromise between data safety, i/o speed and price. A decent RAID1 or RAID 1+0 will cost a little more (depending on your needs),