From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Dan Egli" <dan@eglifamily.dnsalias.net>
Subject: Re: What raid to build on that drives?
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:59:02 -0700 (MST)
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To: Timo Boettcher <spida@gmx.net>
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> 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