Re: RAID5

2001-09-05 Thread Jason DiCioccio
Hi! On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 10:49:31AM -0700, Darryl Okahata wrote: > > I used to use vinum, but I'm now using a 3ware controller. It's > *SOOO* nice to have something that's easy to set up, yet "just works". > > My issues with vinum are: > > [ Note: it's been a year or two since I'

Re: [stable] Re: RAID5

2001-09-04 Thread Greg Lehey
On Tuesday, 4 September 2001 at 13:52:02 +0100, Lawrence Farr wrote: > Just to add another benchmark, I got: > > Pass 23 - 1048576 kb written in 115 seconds, at 9118 kb/Sec > Pass 23 - 1048576 kb read in 15 seconds, at 69905 kb/Sec This shows there's a big difference. Which is which? What is i

RE: RAID5

2001-09-03 Thread Brandon D. Valentine
On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Chris BeHanna wrote: >AFAIK, there are no IDE RAID cards that support RAID-5. You are >stuck with RAID 0, 1 or 10. Although these are just fine for what >they are, they don't do what RAID-5 does. RAID-10 is an acceptable >substitute for RAID-5 if you have the money for

Re: RAID5

2001-09-03 Thread Chris BeHanna
On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Ronan Lucio wrote: > Hi Friends, > > Thanks a lot for your answers. > > Once more to confirm: > So, If I have 3 HDs with 36 Gb each, I will have 72 Gb of > avaliable space and I one of them breake, the computer will > continues working in another one until I have replace it? O