Awesome. I am just not sure if with todays drive a RAID 6 is necissary. What
are the odds of 2 drives failing at once?
Thanks,
Shane Russo
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:08 PM, James Thompson <james@plainprograms.com>wrote:
> RAID 6 is supported by Openfiler.
>
>
>
> James Thompson
> Plain Programs, LLC
> New Orleans, LA
>
> P: (504) 298.8160
> E: james@plainprograms.com
> W: www.plainprograms.com
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Shane Russo <russo.shane@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> What about a possible RAID 6?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Shane Russo
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:12 PM, James Thompson <james@plainprograms.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Openfiler (http://www.openfiler.com/) is another good option that has
>>> support for iSCSI and SAN capabilities in addition to NAS.
>>>
>>> I, personally, avoid RAID 5. I prefer RAID 10, faster and still resilient
>>> to a single drive failure.
>>>
>>>
>>> James Thompson
>>> Plain Programs, LLC
>>> New Orleans, LA
>>>
>>> P: (504) 298.8160
>>> E: james@plainprograms.com
>>> W: www.plainprograms.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Shane Russo <russo.shane@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or thoughts on a NAS
>>>> server. I have been looking at freenas alot lately. Also is there a big
>>>> difference nowadays between software and hardware raid 5?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Shane Russo
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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