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RAID 5 Software? - OS X or OS 9
Is there any Mac software than can do RAID 5? Disk Utility can't and neither can SoftRAID.
RAID-5 in software would be a nightmare. The parity calculations would suck performance from your machine. While reasonably modern systems could probably handle it, your CPU usage would still spike during disk writes. The faster the disks, the higher your CPU usage.
I know it's a bit of a 'waste', but RAID 0+1 (aka RAID 10,) is much less of a CPU hog, for even better protection.
I know it's a bit of a 'waste', but RAID 0+1 (aka RAID 10,) is much less of a CPU hog, for even better protection.
Yeah the point of RAID 5 is to minimize "waste". Storage is the only thing the system will be used for. I want lots of space for video. It will be a server but not running all the time, just when I need access to something.
The processor would be a problem on an old system I'm sure. I will probably end up being a PC but I was curious because I wasn't able to find anything on RAID 5 on a Mac.
The processor would be a problem on an old system I'm sure. I will probably end up being a PC but I was curious because I wasn't able to find anything on RAID 5 on a Mac.