Re: WinBlow$ Home Server equivalent

[Mark Allums <mark@allums.com>]

Sam Kuper wrote:
> 2009/4/11 Mark Allums <mark@allums.com <mailto:mark@allums.com>>
>
>     As has been mentioned in another thread, RAID 1 pairs with LVM is
>     pretty safe and flexible.  The disadvantage is when adding more
>     capacity, you have to add drives in pairs.
>
>
> With RAID 5, you don't have to add in pairs: just add a drive when you 
> want to. If one drive fails, *all* your data is still safe :)
>
> The disadvantage is that you may not be able to utilise the entire 
> capacity of each drive (unless they're all of equal size), but hey, 
> nothing's perfect!
>
> Sam


RAID 5 has disadvantages, too.  Such as speed (or the lack thereof). 
Which is partly what the original discussion was about.


Mark Allums