On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:06:19AM +0100, Robert Milkowski wrote: > Hello Brian, > > BH> A three-way mirror and three disks in a double parity array are going to > get you > BH> the same usable space. They are going to get you the same level of > redundancy. > BH> The only difference is that the RAIDZ2 is going to consume a lot more CPU > cycles > BH> calculating parity for no good cause. > > And you will also get higher IOPS with 3-way mirror.
That's a good point that I completely forgot to make, thanks! -brian -- "Coding in C is like sending a 3 year old to do groceries. You gotta tell them exactly what you want or you'll end up with a cupboard full of pop tarts and pancake mix." -- IRC User (http://www.bash.org/?841435) _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
