More spindles = more performance Regards,
Jim Jim Ray, President Neuse River Networks tel: 919-838-1672 cell: 919-606-1772 http://www.Neuse.Net Neuse River Networks > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Brian Henning > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 12:08 PM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Setting Up RAID-5 > > Christopher L Merrill wrote: > > Brian Henning wrote: > >> Lee Fickenscher wrote: > >>> If uptime and performance aren't really a concern, why even bother > >>> with raid? > >> > >> Two reasons: > >> 1) Throughput, particularly on read. Striping across several disks > >> means I can move more than one drive's max data rate at once (right?). > > > > Uhhhmmm...isn't that "performance"? > > I'd say it is; I never said performance wasn't a concern. In fact, I > said throughput was my #1 concern, followed by data safety, and that > only uptime wasn't so much a concern. (I did say /write/ performance > wasn't as much of a concern, which may be where Mr. Fickenscher > misinterpreted me). > > > > > C > > > > -- > ---------------- > 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/ -- 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/
