The database administrator has the ability to choose the number of disks that will be clustered together in a single RAID 5 array to be used. Having more or fewer disks is preferable, or vice versa. When it comes to cost, durability, performance after a failure, and performance during a rebuild, what are the tradeoffs between having fewer drives and having more disks?

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The database administrator has the ability to choose the number of disks that will be clustered together in a single RAID 5 array to be used. Having more or fewer disks is preferable, or vice versa. When it comes to cost, durability, performance after a failure, and performance during a rebuild, what are the tradeoffs between having fewer drives and having more disks?

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