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Bob Jones wrote:
> "HansF" <News.Hans_at_telus.net> wrote in message
> news:pan.2005.12.02.23.25.39.864182_at_telus.net...
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>>On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 22:48:59 +0000, Randy Harris wrote: >> >> >>>Thanks, an excellent article. Mr. Kagel doesn't seem very fond of RAID 5. >> >>He's not the only one - look at the list of BAARFers >> >>-- >>Hans Forbrich >>Canada-wide Oracle training and consulting >>mailto: Fuzzy.GreyBeard_at_gmail.com >>*** Top posting [replies] guarantees I won't respond. *** >>
RAID 5 has a performance penalty when writing; lots of
Applications write...
RAID 5 leaves you with an expensive trash can when a second drive
goes bad. Any other RAID configuration would need the *mirror* drive
to fail, not just *any*, as with RAID 5. Not an unlikely scenario,
with storage solutions being bought at a certain point in time, it's
quite likely one batch of disks is being deployed.
If one goes, chances are high others go as well.
-- Regards, Frank van Bortel Top-posting is one way to shut me up...Received on Sat Dec 03 2005 - 10:35:17 CST
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