On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:17:44 -0500 "Guy Watkins" <linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > } > } At a minimum I would build a 3-disk raid 6. raid 6 does a lot of i/o > } which may be a problem. > > If he only needs 3 drives I would recommend RAID1. Can still loose 2 drives > and you don't have the RAID6 I/O overhead. > and as md/raid6 requires at least 4 drives, RAID1 is not just the best solution to survive two failures on a 3-device array, it is the only solution. NeilBrown -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
