PFC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Which makes me think that I will use Software Raid 5 and convert the > price of the card into RAM. > This should be nice for a budget server. > Gonna investigate now if Linux software RAID5 is rugged enough. Can > always buy the a card later if not.
Raid 5 is perhaps the exception here. For Raid 5 a substantial amount of CPU power is needed. Also, Raid 5 is particularly inappropriate for write-heavy Database traffic. Raid 5 actually hurts write latency dramatically and Databases are very sensitive to latency. On the other hand if your database is primarily read-only then Raid 5 may not be a problem and may be faster than raid 1+0. -- greg ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
