RAID5 for Linux

[Mark J. Dulcey]

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Derek Atkins wrote:

> "Mark J. Dulcey" <mark at buttery.org> writes:
> 
> > Of course, you're looking at a hardware product rather than software
> > RAID. However, the requirements should be similar. The Adaptec data
> > sheet says that card supports "up to 8 SATA drives"; that phrase
> > implies that it will also work with a smaller number. The data sheet,
> > alas, is vague about exactly how many you DO need.
> 
> By definition RAID5 requires >= 3

By definition, yes. But the Adaptec controller might impose other 
requirements; it would be nice if their spec sheet mentioned it.