[Gllug] Large raid 5/5+0 setup

[Justin Perreault]

On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 11:44 +0100, Andy Millar wrote:
> > > I would take the simple approach and just purchase a few PCs and just
> > > put 5 HDs in each for RAID 5. Make sure the PC case is a goodish one
> > > with lots of air flow due to heat produced by those HDs.
> 
> If you want to add it bit by bit, you could use the online resize
> supported by the 3ware 9650SE
> 
> http://darkviews.blogspot.com/2007/10/resizing-3ware-raid-5-array-with-linux.html
> 
> Get a nice large system with a lot of space for HDDs and start with 4 in
> RAID6.
> 
> You can then add disks and expand the array size as your storage needs
> grow.
> 
> There is really no need to split this over multiple systems. 

Thanks for this. I am sure I will be using it if I decide on the 3ware
option.

Justin

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