[rescue] DiskSuite configuration suggestions

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 01:58:27AM -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:
> Okay, we finally have a D1000 and controller card connected to the SunHELP
> server.  Yay!
> 
> My question is - i've got the four 18G drives left.  Whats the best 
> software RAID level that I can use for a good balance of performance
> and reliability?  I first thought RAID-5, but then have read some 
> newsgroup posts that say it *sucks* with big drives/partitions...

I don't have experience with DiskSuite but have always been partial to
RAID 10 or 0+1.  Each disk is mirrored by a second disk(level 1), then
striped (level 0) for speed.  Downside is that 4x18GB drives = 36GB of
space under such a scheme.

./patrick