[LUNI] Linux and RAID

[Darren Ross]

Raid 5 isn't a mirror, so it doesn't take as much space.  Raid 5 keeps logs 
instead of mirroring.  There will be a performance hit for using Raid 5, so 
you have to weigh that against your need for more disk space.  You usually 
don't want to use Raid 5 when there a lot of transactions involved.


On Friday 09 November 2001 13:16, you wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 12:52:42PM -0600, Steven Lembark wrote:
> > For a CVS server you're potentially wasting a lot of space
> > using mirroring over RAID5. Beyond that there's nothig
> > wrong with RAID itself.
>
> Could you explain to me how you save a lot of space using RAID5 on one pair
> of 36G drives?  I could make use of that, though on a smaller scale.