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

Subject:	Re: [BackupPC-users] Setting up a new BackupPC server
From:	Chris Robertson <crobertson AT gci DOT net>
To:	"General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date:	Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:22:15 -0800

Jim Leonard wrote:
> 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.
>   

As long as you lose the RIGHT half.  Pessimistically, you can have a 
total failure from losing only two disks.

Chris


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