Variants
Various incarnations of geom raid5 exist which trade off speed for memory usage.
- geom_raid5
The most stable version but slower than the other variants in certain cases
- geom_raid5 TNG
Uses more memory to deliver better transfer rates
- geom_raid5 PP
Memory usage and speed is in between the TNG and PP. Uses less memory than TNG but is slower. Uses more memory than the original geom_raid5 driver and is faster. It is also claimed that PP's code best being the cleanest of the three
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