Re: Is RAID 6 better than RAID 10 ?
If you are looking for data protection then go with Raid-6. Yes, Raid-6 can take a two disk hit failure and Raid-10 can only take a single drive hit failure. Raid-6 creates two parity with each data...
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I agree with G.G. and for backup use a backup program with compression and scheduling capabilities (or alternatively use batch files and Windows scheduling with a backup program that has command-line...
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G.G. and John, Thanks for your posts. I'm glad I created this thread because I was pretty close to going the RAID 10 route. My goal is total data protection. I do not want to ever in the near future be...
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binar, in regards to available/usable space in your example of 24TB hdd setup.... without going into the nittygritty because it depends on a whole lota factors like, size, drive type, drive brand,...
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G.G. Thanks for your excellent overview you provided regarding Hot Swap and Hot Spare drives. I know for a fact my Areca card has the Hot Spare, Not sure about the other. Moreover, I have to admit the...
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binar, here is a raid calculator fo you to give a whirl http://www.raid-calculator.com/Default.aspx want to know how many drives you need for a given amount of storage needed to a given raid type ?...
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G.G. Thanks for the excellent links. I have looked at all of them and have to say that RAID is a subject that goes very deep in complexity. THe coolest link is the calculator. I tried it out and got...
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binar said: G.G. Thanks for the excellent links. I have looked at all of them and have to say that RAID is a subject that goes very deep in complexity. THe coolest link is the calculator. I tried it...
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I know this is belated, but I had to comment. Excellent reading. I recently had 2 drive fail during a power outage, home use. I have been questioning how to avoid this ever since. Thank you, very much AWS
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I hate power outages. They kill more hardware than about anything, even lightning. Let me go back to that example of 24x1TB drives, RAID 6 or RAID 10. It was mentioned that RAID 10 can only lose one...
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Allan Smith said: I know this is belated, but I had to comment. Excellent reading. I recently had 2 drive fail during a power outage, home use. I have been questioning how to avoid this ever since....
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G. G. said: ...The best way to protect your drives or any of the other components for that matter... is to have your system on a reputable UPS system say like a APC.... We have a decent discussion on...
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Hi guys, I'm also in the position right now where I have to decide how to configure my new 8 bay QNAP. I have 8 3TB red discs and I was also thinking about what the ideal setup would be for that. The...
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G.G., If the OP had asked about a scenario like you described I would agree with you, there is little difference. Using only four drives, a "possible two" is statistically close to being "fat chance of...
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A rather biased and not very accurate description of the advantage of RAID 6 of 10. RAID 10 has one very distinct advantage over RAID 6 (or any other parity based RAID topography), and yet it's...
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