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Old 02-17-2007   #3 (permalink)
Robert Moir


 
 

Re: RAID5 Performance Gain?

aftermath wrote:
> I'm currently running a RAID1 configuration using 2 SATA Seagate 250GB
> Drives. I was wondering if I had to put a 3rd drive in and convert
> the array to a RAID5 Config, would I see a massive improvement in
> disk performance as you see with striping (RAID0). Vista is
> definitely a bit more work intensive on the drives......


RAID5 is not inherently faster than other types of RAID. In fact, for some
operations, it can be exactly the opposite.


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