Re: RAID question

From: "Art S. Kagel & Family" <kagel@erols.com> > >Surfer! wrote: > > > > I am interested in the pros and cons of the different RAID levels. > > > > AFAIK RAID 1 with mirrors gives a robust system with good read and > > recover performance, and a reduced write performance compared with RAID > > 5. > >Incorrect. RAID1 will give 50% BETTER write performance >than RAID5 which is also NOT as secure as it is cracked up >to be. See the other two RAID5 threads in Feb. and also >see my rantings on the subject of RAID5[:-(] and RAID10[:-)] >which you can search for on the IIUG WEB Site. Also look >for my annual expanation of why I hate RAID5 which I usually >post in the summers. Is that salary review time? :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com