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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] question about raid0
From:       Kashani <kashani-list () badapple ! net>
Date:       2004-09-30 21:45:57
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.56L0.0409301443490.4709 () bandwidth ! zanti ! com
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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Ajai Khattri wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Zhiqiang Ye wrote:
> 
> > Which one will be better?
> > And furthermore,  since hdc and hdd are connected on the same ide
> > channel...This will not improve the IO speed, is it?
> 
> Are you using RAID-0 purely for performance reasons or are trying to get
> some protection against data loss.
> 
> I ask because you should know that RAID 0 gives you no redundancy - if a
> drive files the entire RAID array goes with it. Either use RAID 1 or if
> you have more drives, RAID 5.

	It's my understanding that if the master drive on the channel goes 
it'll take the slave down as well. Which in a RAID 1 situation is less 
than optimal. 

kashani

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