> So the conclusion is: do you actually care about performance for this > application? If you do, I'd say don't use RAID5. If you absolutely must > use parity RAID then go buy a Netapp ($$$) or experiment with btrfs (risky). > The cost of another 10 disks for a RAID10 array is going to be small in > comparison. Or you could switch to another database like couchdb which only appends to its database and index files - it never goes back and overwrites existing blocks. _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
