Re: 4 drives: RAID-5 or 2 x RAID-1

From: Paul Drake <paled_at_home.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 05:35:34 GMT
Message-ID: <3C7B1F29.6050003@home.com>

Howard J. Rogers wrote:

> "RSH" <RSH_Oracle_at_worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:4Eie8.6404$FE4.383538_at_bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>

>>Done deal, with 4 drives, you can't do RAID-5.
>>
>>

>
> Lord. You're not another one that thinks that RAID-5 means it needs 5
> disks, are you? You can do it with 3.
> HJR
>
>

well, I can only do RAID 5 with an odd number of drives - otherwise the math for the stripe sizes, multiblock_read_count, etc is too hard. :)

Paul Received on Mon Feb 25 2002 - 23:35:34 CST