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Title: software raid 5
Post by: phillip ramirez on January 22, 2003, 03:46:12 AM

I did a search for software raid 5 and i didnt really come up with anything can someone please tell me if sme supports software raid 5?

Title: Re: software raid 5
Post by: Gabriel Requito on January 22, 2003, 04:21:14 AM

Take a look at http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html

Title: Re: software raid 5
Post by: phillip ramirez on January 22, 2003, 05:11:41 AM

Thx.. has anyone used software raid 5 in thier sme box?? reason i ask is theres a guy who wanted to know before he jumped in and found sme didnt support it..

Title: Re: software raid 5
Post by: Kelvin on January 22, 2003, 05:48:15 AM

Hi Phillip,

I'd strongly advise against software RAID 5. SW RAID 1 (Mirroring) might be fine but RAID 5 is computationally intensive. You're better off with proper RAID-5 hardware.

Kelvin