• InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    4 is bad because parity is on one drive so no matter what happens that drive is the write bottleneck. Raid5 is basically raid4 + raid0.

    5 is just fine but low safety, I run 6 always and it has basically never let me down.