I know we've had loads of discussions about RAID arrays on the board and I've learned a great deal about them as a result. We're usually talking about home storage solutions- which is best, cheapest, most reliable, software vs. hardware, whatever- but I recently had a thought about RAID in the empeg.
Is this even possible?
It's easy for me to think 'Ah- my home-made RAID-5 box runs Linux and so does the empeg!', but I realize there are limitations that I have no clue about.
As 160GB drives are now easily available and I don't have even 100GB of files to put on my empeg, would a 'mirrored empeg' protect me from the hardships of a dead drive?
Would a 'striped empeg' relieve the caching problems I've read (very little) about?
Has anyone ever thought about this before? I can't be the first.
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10101311 (20GB- backup empeg)
10101466 (2x60GB, Eutronix/GreenLights Blue) (Stolen!)