Great! Just the kind of input I was looking for. Thank you, Andy and Andrew! On 10/27/06, Andy Schmid <ajs at cems.umn.edu> wrote: > I've used it before, the performance hit was pretty minimal.. and it was > pretty reliable. With modern computers, I don't think performance is > really an issue when it comes to software raid5. > > ajs > > Eric Peterson wrote: > > >I am thinking of setting up a RAID 5 PATA disk array as a backup > >volume. Performance isn't a huge issue, but reliability is. > > > >I know some of the people on this list must be running software RAID > >5. Based on your experiences, would you recommend software RAID 5 for > >this purpose? > > > >I personally like software RAID 1 but I know the algorithms used with > >RAID 5 make this setup significantly more complicated. > > > >Cheers! > >Eric > > > >_______________________________________________ > >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > -- > > CEMS IT Office > 185 Amundson Hall > (612)-626-0712 > https://www.cems.umn.edu/dept/itoffice/ > >