RAID for Linux file server for the best READ and WRITE performance

Q. For our small office we need a file server to hold all our data. We have GBit network in office. I need to consider following factors:
1 TB RAID
Read and Write speed are same (Performance)
Redundancy is important

Can you suggest the best RAID solution for us?

A. You need to use RAID card donâ€™t go for Linux software based RAID solution. My suggestion is go for RAID 10 to get

Reliability
Speed
Redundancy

Make sure your RAID controller has a lot of cache.

Posted by: Vivek Gite

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