RAID Choice

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Hello,

I’m trying to decide a RAID setup, for a scenario where i estimate 90% of queries will be SELECT, but like 200 different databases, small ones.

This would be on a DELL PE2950 with up to 8 SAS 15KRPM disks. What would be fastest for this, RAID5 or RAID10?

Tks.

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Hi,

thanks for your advice. I recently purchased 2 servers with 8 GB, and now I’m planning to purchase another 8 GB for each server, so that in the end