Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 08:22:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Shady <rls@mail.id.net> To: brandon@glacier.cold.org (Brandon Gillespie) Cc: black@gage.com, petzi@zit.th-darmstadt.de, fs@FreeBSD.org, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ccd setup for striping Message-ID: <199610181222.IAA05284@server.id.net> In-Reply-To: <199610180032.SAA04608@glacier.cold.org> from Brandon Gillespie at "Oct 17, 96 06:32:30 pm"
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> > fyi, software RAID inevitably slows down your newsserver vs. simply using
> > multiple disks with different partitions.
>
> They really are not relative, the idea behind doing a RAID drive is to get
> stability from redundancy (not more disk space)--if one drive cooks you
> still have 5 (or however many) other drives still functional. Using
> multiple disks with different partitions would give you more disk space,
> but would not give you any more stability.
Or flexibility for the matter... Say you partition 2GB for / and 4GB for
/alt... On day one, you receive 1GB in / and 3 GB in /alt, in day 2 you
receive 3 GB in / and 2 GB in /alt, you screwed.. Obviously this is
not a 'realistic' example, but the point it makes is very realistic. It's
much easier to accomadate the data when it all sits on 'one' drive...
-- Rob
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