[clue-talk] BAARF - Battle Against Any Raid Five (er, Four, er Free.)

[Collins Richey]

On 10/21/07, Dan Poler <dpoler at redhat.com> wrote:

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> Bottom line is, don't assume RAID5 is evil; depends on the need and the
> hardware and software driving it. If you need to deploy a storage
> solution, spend some time playing around with tools like iozone to see
> what makes the most sense for your needs -- configure a couple ways and
> do performance testing that mimics the block sizes your application (or
> filesystem) will be using.
>

Finally someone with a lick of common sense.

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