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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:41:50 +0100
From: Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>
To: Samuel Flory <sflory@rackable.com>
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Subject: Re: Best Low-cost IDE RAID Solution For 2.6.x? (OT?)
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On Dec-28 2003, Sun, 18:10 -0800
Samuel Flory <sflory@rackable.com> wrote:

> PS- Why not at least run software raid 5?  It takes far less cpu than 
> you'd think, and can save your ass.

Absolutely.  With eight low-cost IDE disks, you'd be nuts to go raid0
or linear.

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Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>