BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Setting up a new BackupPC server

2009-09-15 22:56:18
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Setting up a new BackupPC server
From: Jim Leonard <trixter AT oldskool DOT org>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:27:04 -0500
James Ward wrote:
> I forgot to mention there are 16 disks in the big array.  So you'd 
> recommend RAID5 or 6?

I'd recommend RAID1+0 actually (RAID10) if you have that many disks. 
You'll have half the available disk space, but the speed of a stripe. 
Plus you can lose up to half the disks and still have access to your data.
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