From: Andy Smith <andy@lug.org.uk>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: building a disk server
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:18:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051130011853.GE28741@strugglers.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1EhDvc-00083b-00@toko.jab.org>
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On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 02:26:24PM -0800, Jeff Breidenbach wrote:
>
> > I'd prefer to buy fewer, higher-capacity drives (300+ GB). Any
> > experience with the new 500's?
>
> I currently have 3 of the 500GB Hitachi's in a RAID-1 configuration
> using linux software RAID. So far, so good.
Hmm, but currently (at least in UK), 250GB is the sweet spot for
cost/GB in SATA. So personally I'd prefer a 4+ disk RAID-10, more
spindles will give better performance.
Fewer, larger drives does make life (space, cooling) simpler I
suppose.
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-29 22:26 building a disk server Jeff Breidenbach
2005-11-29 23:03 ` Brad Dameron
2005-11-30 1:18 ` Andy Smith [this message]
2005-12-01 3:38 ` Sebastian Kuzminsky
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2005-11-28 23:55 Sebastian Kuzminsky
2005-11-29 1:01 ` Brad Dameron
[not found] ` <7f55de720511282105s19b6fc11r21de7f42a5a9874c@mail.gmail.com>
2005-11-29 19:31 ` Brad Dameron
2005-12-03 14:17 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-11-29 7:41 ` Lajber Zoltan
2005-11-29 18:57 ` Sebastian Kuzminsky
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