Hi,

On 21 Sep 2002 at 8:31, Chuck Yerkes wrote:
> In the past (1995) RAID processors were generally general
[...]
> actual files.  It's a help, but not as good as a good RAID's write
> buffer.

Not to forget the advantage of security of data loss in case of 
a single dead disk. This is the reason I use raid5.

mike