For caching disks:- in order of preference for performance 1)volume(best, unless your data REALLY critical, then go down the list) 2)raid 1(mirror, very costly) 3)raid 5 4)raid 0(i was surprised when i first heard it, can't quite remember the reason)
-- Wolf --- Adam Aube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can somebody explain to me why it's worth > considering putting > > a Squid cache onto a Raid setup anyway? > > RAID isn't just for precious data - it's to keep a > disk failure > from taking down your system. Without RAID, if your > cache disk > crashed, so would Squid. > > Also, may systems come with all the disks setup in a > RAID array. > > That said, Squid causes major performance problems > on RAID5, > which the most common form of RAID. > > I'm not sure about RAID1 - I think there was a > discussion about > using 2 mirrored RAID1 sets instead of RAID5, but > I'm not sure. > > Adam __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send free SMS from your PC! http://sg.sms.yahoo.com
