RE: OT Raid Setup for MP3 Server

["Phillip Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>]

I've been an advocator of shying away from the 7,200rpm drives as the
5,400rpm ones are more than fast enough for a domestic server plus they
run quieter and a shitload cooler!

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Bovingdon [mailto:bov@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 29 April 2002 09:40
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OT Raid Setup for MP3 Server
> 
> 
> Recommendations time folks - Still sorting out that new PC 
> and looking 
> at the ABIT legacy free mobo, that features RAID. Would it be 
> better to get 1 7200rpm 60Gb drive or a couple of cheaper and 
> possibly slower 
> 40Gb drives acting as one 80Gb drive? Since it has the RAID 
> capability, what is the most cost effective way to getting 
> the most performance etc.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James Fidell" <james@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 11:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OT Raid Setup for MP3 Server
> 
> 
> > Quoting paul_watkin (paul_watkin@xxxxxxx):
> > 
> > > I want to create a mirrored copy of all of my MP3's, I
propose to
> > > have the following drives
> > > 
> > > Drive0 120Gig
> > > Drive1 120Gig
> > > 
> > > Drive2 120Gig
> > > Drive3 120gig
> > > 
> > > Drive4 20Gig
> > > 
> > > Drives 0+1 will become a pairing to create one 240Gig 
> drive as will
> > > drives 2+3, with the second pairing being a mirror of the
> first, I 
> > > think this is theoretically possible but not sure.
> > 
> > It's certainly possibly in theory, but given that an mp3 
> partition is 
> > likely to have a high proportion of reads and few writes, 
> why not go 
> > for RAID5 and have 360GB of usable disk?
> > 
> > James
> > 
> > 
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