RAID1 or RAID5?

[Gaz1988]

Basically will be setting up a new server for a local business, they will be using SAGE software for all the orders along with all the usual stuff u can expect on a office network.

Just wondering what your recommendations are with the raid setup? i know raid5 is faster and can also recover in the event of 1 disk goin down or is it better to play it safe and go with raid1? (where the HDD's are an exact copy)

 

[Stelly]

I would go with 5, but it will cost you an extra HDD

Stelly

 

[paradigm]

Definately RAID5, no contest given the low price of disks.

 

[Uhtred]

I vote RAID5 as above

 

[Gaz1988]

thanks guys! i was thinking raid5 but wasnt to sure!

 

[Deleted member 64478]

Yeh I agree, Raid 5 (Performace and Redundancy).

 

[stoofa]

If it is mainly read performance and redundency required then RAID 5 is the way forward.
However write performance on a RAID 5 array can be rather poor.

Also remember that you only get the true performance benefit of RAID 5 arrays with "proper" RAID 5 controllers.
Your built onto motherboard controllers are not going to offer you anything like the same performance.

However if it is redundency more than anything then RAID 5 is probably the way to go.

 

[Gaz1988]

If it is mainly read performance and redundency required then RAID 5 is the way forward.
However write performance on a RAID 5 array can be rather poor.

Also remember that you only get the true performance benefit of RAID 5 arrays with "proper" RAID 5 controllers.
Your built onto motherboard controllers are not going to offer you anything like the same performance.

However if it is redundency more than anything then RAID 5 is probably the way to go.

yeh i will be getting a "proper" raid controller