Re: RAID array for home

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:30:16 +0100
GSV Three Minds in a Can <GSV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Speed - you won't see much, if any, benefit unless you are routinely using
huge files.

RAID 1 is duplication, and there should be no speed improvement.

Which is why I assumed we were talking RAID 3, or 0+1.

I wouldn't trust 0+1 much, especially on a cheap controller card, I had
to revert to a backup last time I had one of those go tits up.

Hmm, your newsreader can't <snip> .sigs??

Lookout Express is notorious for it, as is the POS they replaced it
with in Vista, hey something had to replace AOL for us to poke fun
at :-)

Striping gives some minor speed advantages for people with huge files
(video, for instance), but apart from that I'm pretty unimpressed with
RAID for home users.

Doesn't it also slow down access times?

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Stan Laurel
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