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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 17:18:19 +0000
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On 01/12/17 16:27, Reindl Harald wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 01.12.2017 um 17:19 schrieb Nix:
>> That's not actually answering the question that was asked, y'know. If
>> you're against RAID 5 because the parity writes wear the drives out, you
>> should be much more strongly against RAID 10 for the same reason
> 
> RAID10 is simple mirroring of stripes
> 
And?

The more I think about it, the more I come to the conclusion that
raid-10 is a bad idea for (a) minimising writes (and wear), and (b) for
safeguarding your data.

Yes it does have advantages, and yes I plan to put a raid-10 array on my
new system, but if reducing wear or protecting data are your priorities,
raid-10 is the wrong choice.

Cheers,
Wol