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Karl Gechlik
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 What is the best raid configuration for me?
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID Array, RAID configuration, Storage arrays
What is the difference between a raid 1, raid 0 and a raid 10? Which is optimal for a 5 1tb drives? The data will be file storage and we can sacrifice 1tb for parity

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ASKED: September 8, 2010  3:10 PM
UPDATED: September 8, 2010  3:54 PM
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i guess it depends what you want to do with the server..if it is for SQL then it will be better to have 1+0 as it will return faster response. but if you want to use for normal u can use raid 5 too....once u have 5 hdd, u can use about 4tb of space.. Explanation of RAID is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID">here</a>
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  September 8, 2010  3:42 pm  by  jinteik   15,485 pts.
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