Re: [Nolug] NAS

The IT world (which stretches from Wal-Mart to Joe's Lawn Care) is
too varied.

Joe only needs a single drive that he backs up to an external HDD.

On 2010-04-10 14:50, Chris Jones wrote:
> Well, I'm talking about within reason. There's always something
> better, but how much money are you willing to throw at it? RAID5 is
> good enough for most people, and is far more economical than RAID10.
> RAID5 is a good middle-of-the-road solution that gives improved
> performance AND redundancy. Add some hot spares to the mix, and
> you've got a pretty robust solution. For intense video editing,
> you're probably going to want some RAID0, but never use the RAID0
> volume for long term storage of any important data.
>
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>> RAID5 best of both worlds?? That *highly* debatable, since it's write
>> performance stinks. You need scads of BBC to make it effective.
>>
>> On 2010-04-10 14:14, Chris Jones wrote:
>>> Well, there's no such thing as raid10 with 2 drives. You need at least 4
>>> drives for raid10. With 2 drives it would be raid1. Or raid0, but only a
>>> fool would put important data on a raid0. ;) raid0 is best for use as a
>>> temporary place for data processing. Raid5 is the best of both worlds, and
>>> is the most cost effective.
>>>
>>>> On Apr 10, 2010 1:41 PM, "Joey Kelly" <joey@joeykelly.net
>>>> <mailto:joey@joeykelly.net>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sat April 10 2010 1:29 pm, Petri Laihonen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Joey Kelly <joey@joeykelly.net
>>>>> <mailto:joey@joeykelly.net>> wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat April 10 2010 1...
>>>> OK, let me be less cryptic.
>>>>
>>>> RAID5 with 3 drives, or RAID10 with two... fine, lose one drive, you're
>>>> still
>>>> OK. Forget I even said anything.
>>>>
>>>> BUT... I do have to step in and complain loudly about software RAID. If
>>>> you
>>>> don't care about your data, feel free to set up software RAID.
>>>>
>>>> The same thing goes for Fake RAID. If you like your data and want to keep
>>>> it,
>>>> get a real controller.

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