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3 disks Performance? RAID-1 vs RAID-5
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3 disks Performance? RAID-1 vs RAID-5

jmginerjmginer Member, Patron Provider

With 3 disks, what is better for IO ?
Thanks!

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  • MCHPhilMCHPhil Member
    edited December 2013

    Removed - To be in line with my signature, as that's more important than educating or assisting someone.

  • MCHPhil said: No longer posting here. Submit ticket if you need assistance.

    Then wtf are you doing here?

    OT:
    RAID 5

  • charliecharlie Member, Host Rep

    @MCHPhil said:
    You can only use two drives with RAID 1.

    you can use any hdd in raid-1 with mdraid on Linux.

  • @charlie said:
    you can use any hdd in raid-1 with mdraid on Linux.

    Actually i think it's "you can't use raid5 with 2 disk"

    AFAIK, not 100% sure though =D

  • RAID1 is with 2 disks, you cannot use 3 disks. With 4 disks it would be RAID10.

  • @johnlth93 said:
    AFAIK, not 100% sure though =D

    RAID5 needs 3 or more disks.

  • @jmginer said:
    With 3 disks, what is better for IO ?
    Thanks!

    RAID 1E. Falta que el software/hardware lo soporte, claro.

  • @mikeg said:
    RAID1 is with 2 disks, you cannot use 3 disks. With 4 disks it would be RAID10.

    Are you sure what have you said ?

  • @Zen said:

    Simply said, RAID1 is a mirror. Even number is required to have mirror.

    RAID1 = Min 2

    RAID5 = Min 3

    RAID6 = Min 4

    RAID10 = Min 4

    RAID50 = Min 6

    RAID60 = Min 8

  • @Zen said:
    Yes, raid 1 implies an even number due to the technicality of it. You cannot have 3, simple. Closest thing would be using the third as a hot spare or backup drive for extra safety. I would personally recommend RAID 5 tho.

    www.techrepublic.com/article/non-standard-raid-levels-primer-raid-1e/

  • CharlesACharlesA Member
    edited December 2013

    @albertdb said:
    www.techrepublic.com/article/non-standard-raid-levels-primer-raid-1e/

    That's a new one. Never heard of that level before. I think I would just stick to RAID 6 or RAID 10 if I had 4 or more disks, RAID 5 with 3 disks. RAID 5 and 6 would kill your throughput, depending on how many disks you have, though.

    What would be the overhead of RAID1e vs RAID5 on a 3 disk setup?

  • jebat_ks said: RAID1 = Min 2

    RAID5 = Min 3

    RAID6 = Min 4

    RAID10 = Min 4

    RAID50 = Min 6

    RAID60 = Min 8

    +1 Raid 0 = Min 2 ;)

  • charliecharlie Member, Host Rep

    @mikeg said:
    RAID1 is with 2 disks, you cannot use 3 disks. With 4 disks it would be RAID10.

    But, yes, you can create RAID1 with more than two hdd, using mdraid, in Linux. Off course, this is not a standard raid level, but you can do this: https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Introduction#The_RAID_levels

    In this case every write and read is going to all of these disk.

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