On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, asr AT UFL DOT EDU wrote:

> ==> In article <20040721074355.A27725 AT mikee.ath DOT cx>, Mike Eggleston 
> <mikee AT MIKEE.ATH DOT CX> writes:
>
> > I'm about to create a new storage pool with lots of disk and six
> > drives. Does anyone have an opinion about either creating one huge
> > filesystem for the storage pool or creating the filesystem as RAID 1?
>
> What OS?
>
> For storage, why raid 1 instead of 5?
>
>
> On AIX, I'd recommend raid 5 on whatever granularity makes sense,
> (half-drawer, whatever fits in the chassis, etc.) and then no filesystem at
> all: raw logical volumes have a great deal to recommend them.
>
>
> - Allen S. Rout
>

Sorry about the raid1, I meant raid0 (striping). I'm on AIX 5.2.

Mike