[nycbug-talk] FreeBSD software RAID?

[Kit Halsted]

At 11:44 PM -0500 3/7/07, Steven Kreuzer wrote:
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>RAID 5 is another beast, and your better off going with a hardware 
>based solution if it fits in your budget.
>Its going to be much faster, and more reliable.

Keep in mind that RAID 5 also costs tens of thousands of dollars to 
recover if something does go wrong. I've seen a surprisingly high 
number of failures of RAID 5 arrays, considering how few of my 
clients could afford them in the first place. I'm starting to think 
it's safer & cheaper (at least in the long run) to stripe a couple of 
RAID 1 arrays than to do a RAID 5. I'm definitely convinced that RAID 
1 is the way to go if your needs can be met by the capacity of a 
single disk.

>My rule of thumb is if your budget allows, always go with the
>hardware based solution ;)

Absolutely agreed. (Just make sure it's good hardware!)

Cheers,
-Kit
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