# Re: New setup: partitions or raw devices

- From: Nix \<hidden\>
- Date: 2017-12-01 22:22:00 
- List: linux-raid
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-raid/2017/12/6637586
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-raid/2017/12/6637586/t.md

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On 1 Dec 2017, Wols Lists stated:
> Yes it does have advantages, and yes I plan to put a raid-10 array on my
> new system, but if reducing wear or protecting data are your priorities,
> raid-10 is the wrong choice.

It depends on the access patterns. It's no worse at safeguarding data
than RAID-5 and can be better (some, but not all, combinations of
multiple disk failures will lead to no data loss, something which would
otherwise require RAID-6). It's faster at reads and much faster at
random writes. The cost: possibly quite a lot more spinning rust for the
amount of available storage. (For me, power-consumption considerations
led me to stick with RAID, though I've gone to RAID-6.)

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