Francisco Reyes wrote:
> That is certainly something worth considering... Still I wonder if 2
> more spindles will help enough to justify going to RAID 5. My
> understanding is that RAID10 has simpler computations requirements which
> is partly what makes it better for lots of random read/write.
you are right. raid5 is definitely not suitable for database activities.
it is good for file servers, though.
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