RAID setup & performance ? - Page 2

Unixlord · 9th Aug 2008, 05:51 PM

Can't go wrong with 16KB striping.

Adrian Wong · 12th Aug 2008, 05:49 AM

BTW, Mirror RAID is only good for data redundancy. Unless you do stripping, its performance should be similar to that of a single drive, maybe slightly slower.

Dashken · 15th Aug 2008, 09:54 AM

Good for backup I guess.

I hate mirroring because I'd be wasting 1 HDD. But when things go wrong, you'll hate yourself when you never backup.

Chai · 15th Aug 2008, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dashken

Good for backup I guess.

I hate mirroring because I'd be wasting 1 HDD. But when things go wrong, you'll hate yourself when you never backup.

That's why I do manual backup, or just use a third party software to copy important files to the backup HDD. No need for RAID 1.

Adrian Wong · 15th Aug 2008, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

That's why I do manual backup, or just use a third party software to copy important files to the backup HDD. No need for RAID 1.

Me too.

Unixlord · 15th Aug 2008, 06:19 PM

Certain programs can take advantage of the mirroring in RAID1 for a performance boost, but that's really rare.

PsYkHoTiK · 15th Aug 2008, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Me too.

Me three. WHS ftw...

9th Aug 2008, 05:51 PM	#11 (permalink)
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15th Aug 2008, 06:19 PM	#16 (permalink)
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