[CentOS] RAID5 or RAID50 for database?

Sun May 25 10:50:38 UTC 2008
Rudi Ahlers <Rudi at SoftDux.com>

Christopher Chan wrote:
>
>> Why are you still using CentOS 4?
>>
>
> Do you have an issue with Centos 4? I prefer to wait for RH to work 
> most of the kinks with their new releases. Centos 5 has new versions 
> of various libraries and software. They have never been able to 
> guarantee zero breakage. Eg: I have heard of constantly crashing 
> firefox. A known issue too.
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Just asking. I don't use CentOS as a desktop OS, so the firefox problem 
doesn't bother me at all, but CentOS 5 is an upgrade in many regards, 
and I find it very stable. I have yet to try RAID10 with it though, as 
soon as I can get my hands on enough spare HDD's :)

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