>> I have only used RAID 1 before but a quick read up makes me think that
>> read/write times are going to be very slow, especially with the amount
>> of disks you need.
>
> Really? RAID 5/6 is slow? Isn't it faster than a large single disks?
> I'd imagine it actually is pretty fast.

Just a guess. Like I said I have never used it before. I would suggest
you research it and find out what its actual pitfalls are. But
accessing sveral disks to retive data seems like it would take longer
then a single disk (for small files).
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