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Hi Christian, |
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On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Christian Spoo wrote: |
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> I need to set up a RAID box of about 470GB disk space accessible via |
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> GBit LAN. |
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> The whole thing should have good performance but must be reliable as |
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> well. Which RAID mode would you recommend, 5, 0+1 or maybe any other? |
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> How about the time needed for rebuilding such arrays in case of disk |
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> failure? |
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You forgot to mention one of the key criteria - cost. If you've got the |
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budget for it then RAID 0+1 (aka RAID 10) is always going to out-perform |
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RAID 5. |
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As general rule of thumb, "which RAID should I use" questions can always |
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be boiled down to: |
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"Speed, Reliability, Low Cost, pick any two." |
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-Ronan |
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