[geeks] DiskSuite configuration suggestions

[Peter L. Wargo]

On Wednesday, February 13, 2002, at 11:58 PM, Bill Bradford wrote:
> My question is - i've got the four 18G drives left.  Whats the best
> software RAID level that I can use for a good balance of performance
> and reliability?  I first thought RAID-5, but then have read some
> newsgroup posts that say it *sucks* with big drives/partitions...

Avoid software raid-5, it sucks.  Trust me.

Best use would be (assuming you have backups) to stripe across 3 disks.  
In software RAIDs, 2 is better than 1, 3 is better (bit not as dramatic) 
as 2, and over 3 is a waste.

-pete