Scott Silva wrote: > on 5-22-2008 9:58 PM Bahadir Kiziltan spake the following: >> You need at least 6 drives for RAID5. I don't know if Perc 4e/Di >> allows configuring the RAID5. >> > Where did you get this bit of information? You can create a raid 5 > with 3 or more disks. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > 3 drives is not really recommended, since if 1 dies, you'll probably loose the whole set. Rather use min 4 drives, where 1 drive is a hot spare) -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff