Re: FYI: RAID5 unusably unstable through 2.6.14

[Krzysztof Halasa]

Michael Loftis <mloftis@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Yup we're on the same page, we just didn't think we were.  It happens
> :) R-5 (in theory) could be less reliable than a mirror

Statistically, RAID-5 with 3 or more disks is always less reliable than
a mirror. Strip size doesn't matter.

> or possibly a
> single drive,

With lot of drives.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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