>>> Any controller that claims RAID10 on a server with 6 drive bays should >>> be able to put all six drives in an array. But you'll get a three-way >>> stripe (better performance) instead of a three-way mirror (better fault >>> tolerance). > > I forget why I even brought it up. I think it was in order to argue that > 4 drives w/ spare is more tolerant that 6 drives in RAID10. To make that > argument, we need to be clear about what "RAID10" means.
I'm extremely glad you did. Otherwise I would have booted my new hardware RAID server and been very disappointed. - Grant
