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Re: multiple RAID sets



Steven Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost> writes:

> I'm putting together a file server that will have two different
> (software) RAID sets: the system set, composed of two disks in a RAID1
> configuration, and a data store composed of several disks in a RAID5
> configuration.

Do people believe that RAID5 in raidframe is safe to use?  With or
without write caching?  With or without a UPS (or two on dual supplies)?
I always had the impression that the code was believed ok but that one
really needed to believe that read-modify-write cycles would work reliably.

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