2011-07-29, 01:46
chibwack Wrote:Does this setup have a cache drive? Do I even need one? Just for clarity, the parity drive is just a backup essentially, but isn't a cache drive something that will help the movies to stream flawlessly?
A cache drive will allow you to write/save files to your server faster. Files are written to the drive and then moved to the array later. Adding files to the array is slower than writing to a single drive since parity(back-up) needs to be calculated. I don't think having a cache drive will have any effect on streaming.