Re: Raid vs. Mirroring

Posted in 1996

Michael E Willett — Mon, 15 Jan 1996 02:42:12 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

sotsirhc@aol.com (Sotsirhc) writes: >One performance point about RAID level 5- when you RAID a bunch of disks, >you lose >the ability to put files (or chunks, etc) on a particular physical volume. > In a RAID >environment, you have to have two or more arrays to be able to do this. >Christos Liacouras >Transaction Network Services >(703) 478-7662 Another performance point about RAID level 5-Storage Computer had RAID 5 running 11 years ago and has made some very major performance enhancements over that early RAID 5 architecture. Technical information is available on the Storage Computer WWW server, http://www.storage.com/. Mike Willett, Storage Computer Corp., http://www.storage.com/