[mythtv-users] Disk Arrangement and LVM + JFS

David Brodbeck gull at gull.us
Tue Apr 7 03:30:10 UTC 2009


Ben Curtis wrote:
> I understand your point, but I'm definitely going to use RAID5 for video
> storage.  Performance isn't as much of an issue there as reliability,

If reliability is your thing consider RAID 6.  Rebuild times are pretty 
long for RAID 5 when you use large drives, and that's on top of the time 
it takes you to source and install a new drive. During that time you're 
vulnerable to a second failure.


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