Re: [ADMIN] H/W RAID 5 on slower disks versus no raid on

From: "Bjoern Metzdorf" <bm(at)turtle-entertainment(dot)de>
To: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] H/W RAID 5 on slower disks versus no raid on
Date: 2002-11-21 20:53:02
Message-ID: 012201c2919f$fc4e1b40$0564a8c0@toolteam.net
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> In fact, the linux kernel supports >2 drives in a mirror. Useful for a
> mostly read database that needs to handle lots of concurrent users.

Good to know.

What do you think is faster: 3 drives in raid 1 or 3 drives in raid 5?

Regards,
Bjoern

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