On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:33:54 +0100 Stephan Seitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hm, are you sure? Mirroring is RAID1. RAID10 means, that you have one > RAID0 array mirrored at another one. Since you need three disks for a > RAID5, I thought RAID50 would mean a RAID5 array over at least three > RAID0 arrays (each with at least two disks, so RAID50 should need at > least 6 disks).
As I understand it, and wikipedia agrees with me, RAID 50 is the same as RAID 5+0. Or a RAID 0 array of RAID 5 arrays. I *think* that the term specifically means a RAID 0 or RAID 5's rather than vice versa. Cheers, -ol -- I will live for never, or live failing.
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