I've used it before, the performance hit was pretty minimal.. and it was
pretty reliable.  With modern computers, I don't think performance is
really an issue when it comes to software raid5.

ajs

Eric Peterson wrote:

>I am thinking of setting up a RAID 5 PATA disk array as a backup
>volume. Performance isn't a huge issue, but reliability is.
>
>I know some of the people on this list must be running software RAID
>5. Based on your experiences, would you recommend software RAID 5 for
>this purpose?
>
>I personally like software RAID 1 but I know the algorithms used with
>RAID 5 make this setup significantly more complicated.
>
>Cheers!
>Eric
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