From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roman Mamedov Subject: Re: Raid 5 Array Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 04:01:13 +0600 Message-ID: <20110403040113.472838d4@natsu> References: <4D977279.30107@gmail.com> <4D97828C.8050806@gmail.com> <6158157523854459259@unknownmsgid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/BdAMq_ttykHPkIZATP0_ZbE"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <6158157523854459259@unknownmsgid> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Simon Mcnair Cc: Marcus , "linux-raid@vger.kernel.org" List-Id: linux-raid.ids --Sig_/BdAMq_ttykHPkIZATP0_ZbE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 22:45:58 +0100 Simon Mcnair wrote: > One last thing.... I've never heard of anyone using a raid 05. Why > wouldn't you use a RAID50 ? Please can you dish the dirt on what > benefit there is ? (I would have thought a raid50 would have been > better with no disadvantages ?). I thought that raid10 & 50 were the > main ones in use in 'the industry'. RAID5/6 with some RAID0 (or JBOD) members is what you use when you want to include differently-sized devices into the array: http://louwrentius.com/blog/2008/08/building-a-raid-6-array-of-mixed-drives/ --=20 With respect, Roman --Sig_/BdAMq_ttykHPkIZATP0_ZbE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk2XnKkACgkQTLKSvz+PZwiftgCfdk2ID0Cp9cVPvQlAMo2uvX97 YCQAnjP9CyikkdR5Iob84eZYr5DdsUEo =SMte -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/BdAMq_ttykHPkIZATP0_ZbE--