From: "Dan Egli" <dan@eglifamily.dnsalias.net>
To: Timo Boettcher <spida@gmx.net>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What raid to build on that drives?
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:59:02 -0700 (MST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4697.206.81.129.218.1069876742.squirrel@eglifamily.dnsalias.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3229206566.20031126203657@gmx.net>
> Hi,
>
> 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.
>
Best I can suggest is a raid 5. You'll get 72GB of space, good performance
(roughly what you'd get from a sigle drive), and if one of the drives goes
south, the other two will keep your raid set up till the drive can be
replaced.
--- Dan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-26 19:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-26 19:36 What raid to build on that drives? Timo Boettcher
2003-11-26 19:59 ` Dan Egli [this message]
2003-11-26 21:08 ` Timo Boettcher
2003-11-26 22:12 ` Neil Brown
2003-11-26 21:44 ` David Rees
2003-11-26 22:13 ` Timo Boettcher
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-12-01 21:49 Bailey, Scott
2003-12-01 22:25 ` Neil Brown
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