From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Timo Boettcher Subject: Re: What raid to build on that drives? Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 23:13:21 +0100 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <2638591341.20031126231321@gmx.net> References: <3229206566.20031126203657@gmx.net> <2804.208.48.139.163.1069883099.squirrel@www.greenhydrant.com> Reply-To: Timo Boettcher Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <2804.208.48.139.163.1069883099.squirrel@www.greenhydrant.com> To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Hi David, * David Rees , Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 10:44:59 PM: > On Wed, November 26, 2003 1at 1:36 am, Timo Boettcher wrote: >> >> I have 3 * 36GB discs and 5 * 18GB discs on two u160 scsi channels? >> What possibilities do I have to build a raid on them? I want to be >> able to survive one failed disc, but get as much space and >> performance out of the discs as possible. > How about two RAID5 arrays, one with the 3*36GB=72GB and the other using > the 5*18GB=72GB. Then throw both of these under a RAID0 which will get > you 144GB and still be able to survive 1 disk failure. that way i'll loose 54gb... but it seems reasonable... i'll try it. Timo