[K12OSN] SATA vs SCSI

[Burke Almquist]

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Yes, but RAID 5 requires at least 3 drives (it wouldn't make any sense 
with fewer.) But it really shines with 4 or 5 drives. Basically, it 
scales up better as you add drives.

On Sep 20, 2004, at 9:12 AM, David Trask wrote:

> "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> 
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> Mon Sep 20 2004 at 09:15 +0000 wrote:
>> In my opinion I would always go RAID 5 whenever possible.  You get the
>> speed of striping and the redundancy of mirroring...but better.
>
> At a cost since you lose the physical capacity of one drive right?
>
> David N. Trask
> Technology Teacher/Coordinator
> Vassalboro Community School
> dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
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