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

Björn Metzdorf <bm@turtle-entertainment.de>

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From: "Bjoern Metzdorf" <bm@turtle-entertainment.de>
To: "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>
Cc: <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-11-21T20:53:02Z
Lists: pgsql-performance 
> 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