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On 2005-12-04, DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote:
> Bob Jones wrote:
>> "HansF" <News.Hans_at_telus.net> wrote in message
>> news:pan.2005.12.02.23.25.39.864182_at_telus.net...
>>
>>>On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 22:48:59 +0000, Randy Harris wrote:
[deletia]
>> I have read many articles like that. They always seem to lack practicality.
>> The notion of "RAID 5 is bad" is very misleading. It has its pros and cons
>> just like any other RAIDs. Whether to use it is heavily application
>> dependent.
>>
>> If RAID 5 is all that bad, why is it so widely used and supported?
>
> If windows is all bad, why is it so widely used and supported?
>
> RAID 5 is not bad just as fire is not bad ... when used appropriate.
>
> Except with Apple's Xserve RAID units with their dual XOR engines ...
> RAID5 dose not belong under an Oracle database. Why is it used so often
> then? Because most UNIX system admins. don't ask their counterpart DBAs
> what to do ... they just give them disk and say "make due with it."
No, it gets used because it's cheaper. RAID5 requires fewer drives to deliver the same amount of usable space.
The RAID5 -> McDonalds comparison was a very apt one.
-- If you think that an 80G disk can hold HUNDRENDS of ||| hours of DV video then you obviously haven't used iMovie either. / | \Received on Fri Dec 09 2005 - 11:38:38 CST
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