> > PentiumPro 200
> > 256MB Ram
> > 2x2940UW Adaptec SCSI Host adapter
> > 8xST34371W Barrarcuda Harddisk for user's home directory (md raid0)
> ^^^^^^^^
> I for one wouldn't recommend this. A single disk failing renders the entire
> filesystem on it unusable.
Which makes raid0 just like a single drive that fails, except that you can
use several cheaper drives to get more bandwidth than any single expensive
drive, and often at less cost (certainly at less cost / MB).
You do have tape backups don't you? No one should even rely on a raid5
surviving. Plan on it failing and you won't ever get bit no matter what you
use.
Would that we could all afford raid5 too.
- Steve
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