FYI, RAID 0 is called Striping without parity, not duplexing and the minimum number of drives for RAID 5 is 3 as the other poster mentioned. Disk-duplexing is when you use RAID 1 with two controllers.
Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Burgess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:14 PM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Bandwidth Control Unit > Raid 0 is Duplexing, Bit 0 goes to run drive, bit 1 goes to another. No > redunancy, but blazen fast on my Gamming rig. Raid 1 is Mirroring, > everything gets duplicated on two drives. If you had a hardware raid, such > as a on-board raid controller, I would not see why this would not work. Raid > 5 is a min of 5 drives. 4 are used for data and you loose one as your > stripe. So, if you have five 20 gigers, you would get only the space of > four due to loosing one for your stripe. > > Dennis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:31 AM > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Bandwidth Control Unit > > > > Isn't mirroring called RAID-0? Anywho, it will not provide a "hot backup" > > but it will allow you to recover your data offline. You will need a RAID-5 > > (stripeing with parity) if you want a "hot backup". That would involve 3 > > drives, 2 to stripe and one as a parity drive. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Watson Wan > > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:41 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Bandwidth Control Unit > > > > > > Just curious! If I run RAID-2 to mirror 2 IDE drives, will it provide > some > > redundancy if the primary one fail. Or this simply won't work? > > > > Watson > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kevin Summers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 2:53 PM > > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Bandwidth Control Unit > > > > > > > > > > We've been using MikroTik too. Love the stuff. > > > > > > It does have a bit of a learning curve for the Firewall rules, > > > but the rest is not very hard. Just be sure when you go to buy > > > that license that you have the software installed on a good > > > reliable hard drive. The software license anchors itself to the > > > hard drive it's installed on, so if you want to you can just > > > move the hard drive to a new system and it's ready to go. If the > > > hard drive dies you have to get a replacement license from MikroTik > > > for your new hard drive. Not a real pain at all, just something > > > to think about when you select the hard drive you are going to use > > > on your router. > > > > > > Kevin Summers > > > KISTech Internet Services Inc. > > > www.kistech.com > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dimitrios > > > > Sidiropoulos > > > > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:13 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Bandwidth Control Unit > > > > > > > > > > > > Watson, > > > > > > > > > I am new to this group. I have recently installed SB APP outdoor to > > > > > service some customers. And I am looking for a BCU to control > > > > bandwidth. > > > > > Anybody has experience on any good BCU that works well with SB? > > > > > > > > http://www.mikrotik.com > > > > > > > > Download and install the free demo on any old PI/PII with 2 NICs > > > > Play around with all the features. > > > > If you like it just buy a $40 license. > > > > We have more than 300 of those installed since 1998, never niss a bit > > > > > > > > Dimitri > > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > > > > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > > > > smartBridges <yournickname> > > > > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type > > > > unsubscribe smartBridges) > > > > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > > > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > > smartBridges <yournickname> > > > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > > smartBridges) > > > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > > smartBridges <yournickname> > > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > > smartBridges) > > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > smartBridges <yournickname> > > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > smartBridges) > > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
