>>While I agree about RAID 0, RAID 5 is a different thing. I see it as BOTH performance and protection. But of course it costs.
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>A new RAID 5+0 is performance & protection, RAID 5 is pure protection. That's why you can run RAID 5 with only 3HD while RAID 5+0 cannot!

Well I'm only going on an experience with a RAID 5 "Storageworks" unit 6+ years ago hooked to Novell 3.x and I can tell you it was FAST. Unbelievably so, in my opinion.

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