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 > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- CEMS IT Office 185 Amundson Hall (612)-626-0712 https://www.cems.umn.edu/dept/itoffice/