>
> If you've got the budget or are dealing with small enough physical
> storage needs, by all means use RAID 10. OTOH, if you are dealing
> with large enterprise class apps like Sarbanes Oxley compliance,
> medical and/or insurance, etc, etc, the storage needs can get so large
> that RAID 10 for everything or even most things is not possible. Even
> if economically feasible.
>
> RAID levels are like any other tool. Each is useful in the proper
> circumstances.
>
There is also RAID 50 which is quite nice.
Joshua D. Drake
> Happy holidays,
> Ron Peacetree
>
>
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