[rescue] Re: [SunHELP] Small RAID array setup

Phil Stracchino alaric at caerllewys.net
Thu Jun 26 12:23:43 CDT 2003


On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 01:07:40PM -0400, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> I would prefer security, capacity, and speed, in that order, for the RAID
> setup.
> 
> What would you suggest as the configuration most likely to achieve that?

After some thought, I think I'd do this:  Set up a small boot partition
on the internal disk.  Install onto it, then establish a multi-way
mirror across the remaining disks.  RAID5 the remaining space on all
five disks.


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