Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:32:26 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: d.forsyth@ru.ac.za Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: graid3 or graid5? with or without gjournal? Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK0kgmOLhWQeVF1f-jamB-xrtz5H0No8fx=CF_ZR%2Bbn83w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E2E6349.31621.5CCE7B53@d.forsyth.ru.ac.za> References: <20110725120012.2415C10656F2@hub.freebsd.org> <4E2E6349.31621.5CCE7B53@d.forsyth.ru.ac.za>
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On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:48 AM, DA Forsyth <d.forsyth@ru.ac.za> wrote: > The advantage of using graid3 at this point is that the extra 1TB > drive I have can then go into the backup server which needs more > space anyway. > > Having suffered data loss on the previous raid5 (intel matrix) array > when UFS went bananas due to one drive failing, I am looking at > solutions/preventatives. Will gjournal be useful? > Graid3 for several reasons. Works great with gjournal. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-geom/2007-May/002337.html You could also consider RAIDZx -- Adam Vande More
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