RAID Link Blast

[JaredBusch]

@scottalanmiller said:

Added a new reference on RAID Write Penalties today.
http://theithollow.com/2012/03/understanding-raid-penalty/

Thanks for that. I will use that tomorrow in fact.

[scottalanmiller]

Added Practical RAID Performance to the list.

[scottalanmiller]

Added "Practical RAID Decision Making"

[scottalanmiller]

Updating this thread with this new mini-article:

http://mangolassi.it/topic/5637/growing-a-raid-array-what-you-need-to-know

[scottalanmiller]

Added this one:

http://mangolassi.it/topic/5895/understanding-raid-5-with-ssd-solid-state-drives

[scottalanmiller]

And this one..

http://mangolassi.it/topic/5893/why-we-do-not-preemptively-replace-hard-drives

[scottalanmiller]

Added this reference for the NetApp RAID-DP System to the list: http://www.netapp.com/us/media/tr-3298.pdf

[scottalanmiller]

And: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hpa/raid6.pdf

[scottalanmiller]

Two new ZDNet Robin Harris sources added today including: http://www.zdnet.com/article/has-raid5-stopped-working

[Dashrender]

@scottalanmiller said:

Two new ZDNet Robin Harris sources added today including: http://www.zdnet.com/article/has-raid5-stopped-working

Geezz.. could that be any more muddled?

[scottalanmiller]

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Two new ZDNet Robin Harris sources added today including: http://www.zdnet.com/article/has-raid5-stopped-working

Geezz.. could that be any more muddled?

All the muddling was sarcasm. He's pointing out just how dramatically it stopped working.

[Dashrender]

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Two new ZDNet Robin Harris sources added today including: http://www.zdnet.com/article/has-raid5-stopped-working

Geezz.. could that be any more muddled?

All the muddling was sarcasm. He's pointing out just how dramatically it stopped working.

But then he goes on to say that he still uses it, sure he mentions that you need to have two copies of the data, but that just muddies the water and stupid people will use the article to allow them to continue to use it in ways the author doesn't intend - like production in an office.

[scottalanmiller]

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Two new ZDNet Robin Harris sources added today including: http://www.zdnet.com/article/has-raid5-stopped-working

Geezz.. could that be any more muddled?

All the muddling was sarcasm. He's pointing out just how dramatically it stopped working.

But then he goes on to say that he still uses it, sure he mentions that you need to have two copies of the data, but that just muddies the water and stupid people will use the article to allow them to continue to use it in ways the author doesn't intend - like production in an office.

We need to add the mantra "Backup is not RAID."

[scottalanmiller]

Added: https://mangolassi.it/topic/12049/the-software-raid-inflection-point

[scottalanmiller]

Added: https://mangolassi.it/topic/12420/understanding-hybrid-raids/

[scottalanmiller]

Added: https://mangolassi.it/topic/12425/matching-drives-for-raid

[Dashrender]

There don't appear to be any tags on this post.

[scottalanmiller]

@Dashrender said in RAID Link Blast:

There don't appear to be any tags on this post.

It's a very old one, must have been missed. Tagged now.

[PenguinWrangler]

@scottalanmiller Need to post this at least once a month over at Spiceworks community. Tired of seeing the same questions on RAID asked all the time.

[scottalanmiller]

@PenguinWrangler said in RAID Link Blast:

@scottalanmiller Need to post this at least once a month over at Spiceworks community. Tired of seeing the same questions on RAID asked all the time.

Go for it! I'm not allowed to post it, but you are