Re: RAID 1 or 5 ?

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From: Malcolm Weir
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:00

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On Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:29:52 GMT, m555@earthlink.net (Mark Landin) caused to
appear as if it was written:

>On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 07:54:19 +0100, "Steven Perez"
><steve@uninet.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>>Go with RAID 1/0  Stripe, and mirror. This will give the very best
>>performance, and availability, although it will give the least amount of
>>storage.
>
>How is RAID 0/1 more "available" than RAID 5?

It can tolerate failure of at least one drive, and possibly more than one
(depending on which drive has already failed).

RAID5 can tolerate failure of exactly one drive.

Malc.

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From: malc@cwix.com (Malcolm Weir)
Subject: Re: RAID 1 or 5 ?
Date: 1999/09/20
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