That's unfortuate about having to buy the same type of array or at least from the same vendor if true. Wouldn't be too suprising though.
Would a different RAID level in hardware work for you? Hope you find something that works well. On 12/7/06, Brian Henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Gang, Just looking for some advice on setting up a RAID-5 file server at home. I'm imagining putting six 160GB 7200rpm SATA-II drives in a machine with two simple Promise TX4 four-port controllers and doing all RAID functionality in software (since 6+ port RAID-5 capable cards are way more expensive than two dumber cards). My questions: - Is RAID-5 in software a bad idea? I hear it's a little computationally intense on write as it has to recalculate parity blocks for each stripe that is written. How much computer horsepower do I need to not have the bottleneck be processor clicks? - Would it really be a better idea to sink the money into a RAID-5 capable controller instead? My fear is that if the controller dies, I hear you have to be able to replace it with the exact same controller if you want your data back. - Assuming software RAID, does lotsa RAM help any? I'll probably be using CentOS as the host OS, so that keeps it on topic. ;-) For the curious, the purpose of this will be a central file server for a home music studio. A place to store the GB upon GB of samples that come with quality sampling soft-synths (just bought dfh Superior.. 35GB of samples!), as well as finished projects (active projects would be on the DAW machine, to reduce disk latency). Cheers, ~Brian -- ---------------- Brian A. Henning strutmasters.com 336.597.2397x238 ---------------- -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
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