On 10/29/07, Joshua D. Drake <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:42:37 +0800 > Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > It's not an optimal setup but since I only have 3x500G drives to play > > with, I can't build a Raid10, so I'm going for Raid5 to test out > > capability before I decide on Raid5 vs Raid1 tradeoff. (Raid1 = No > > Fault tolerance since 3 drives) > > > > Uhhh RAID 1 is your best bet. You get fault tolerance (mirrored) plus > you get a hot spare (3 drives). > > RAID 5 on the other hand will be very expensive on writes. I agree. Note that at least in linux, you can have >2 disks in a mirror. makes reads faster, writes usually not affected too negatvely ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
