<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/14/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Daniel Agar</b> <<a href="mailto:daniel@agar.ca">daniel@agar.ca</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I've been using software raid 5 in linux for years, but now I'm<br>considering setting up a raid 5 array for my recordings. I have a central<br>backend with 3 pvr 150s and 2 frontends connected to it. So I'm only
<br>dealing with SD content. Anyone have any real life experience with<br>software raid 5 for recording? The wiki says results are mixed, but I'd<br>like to hear from someone thats personally tried it, before I start buying
<br>more drives and rearranging things.<br><br>Thanks<br></blockquote></div><br>I have been using Linux's software raid 5 under an XFS file system for a couple of years now. I can easily record 4 HD programs, and watch another.
<br><br>If you do it, grab the latest version of mdadm. It is some definatate improvements over previous versions.<br><br>John<br><br>