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Quoth Jim C. Nasby:

> I'd suggest whichever one is a stripe of mirrors (you don't want a
> mirror of 2 stripe sets).

RAID 1+0 (also incorrectly referred to as "10") is a stripe of mirrors.
RAID 0+1 is a mirror of stripes.
Jim is right; the difference is subtle yet important when one or more disks fail.

Regards,

David Drum
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