HP Proliant ML310e G8

[karant]

Hi Friends,

I have a plan to build a server for a small business - 25 users so I decided to buy HP Proliant ML310e G8 server.

My question, I need only 1 TB disk space so which will give better read and writer performance ?

2 x 1TB in RAID-1   or   4 x 500GB in RAID-10 

[Dennis Handly]

>which will give better read and write performance?

If they are the same speed, more spindles will be better.

Of course there may be other cost, power and space issues.

[karant]

Assume in this case both hard disk drives are spinning in 7200rpm, so,

RAID 1+0 with 4 x 500 GB ...?

or

RAID 1 with 2 x 1 TB ...?

better performance

[Dennis Handly]

>RAID 1+0 with 4 x 500 GB? or RAID 1 with 2 x 1 TB?

4 > 2, so 4 is better for speed.