I'd go with Raid5 personally...
it really depends also on your monetary needs, and how often you do backups. -lev On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Jason Lim wrote: > Hi, > > Okay... for those of you following the previous RAID discussion... I > bought the 3ware cards. > > Each server has 4 40G hard disks (identical). What RAID level/config do > you suggest? > Main usage is web/database/mail server (the usual hosting setup). Disk > performance isn't THAT important, but reliability is. > > I was originally thinking setting up 2 RAID1 arrays... 2 disks + 2 disks > (or RAID10), but after thinking a bit more, perhaps RAID5 with 3 disks + 1 > spare would be even better? > > With the RAID10 solution 2 disks could die (but there is still the chance > that the 2 disks holding the same information die), but with the RAID5 > only 1 disk could die (but then the spare would kick in). > > Any suggestions, as usual, would be greatly appreciated. > > Sincerely, > Jason > > > > -- personal site :: www.sonous.com rave site :: raves.sonous.com I'm a DJ! site :: djkgb.sonous.com "You lefties are the Macs of the world" -Leon Simmonds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
