Re: RAID Configuration For New Home Server

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Carlos Mennens [off-list ref] wrote:

I built a new home server this weekend & am ready to load my O.S.
(Arch Linux) on it today. It has 4 x 320 GB Seagate Barracuda's
(SATA). I don't really have a specific function of this server at home
beyond holding my data reliably and decent read / write performance.
My question to you experts is what do you recommend I configure for
this particular configuration? Should I run RAID 5 or RAID 10? To
spare or not to spare? I really appreciate any best suggestions for
general over all function on this matter.

How about 2 drives in a RAID0 or LVM configuration and the other two
in another machine and used for backups?

Simon