• 5+1? That's a very unusual RAID type. Don't think it would be that good for TempDB, 10 would be better, 5+1 would still have the write overhead from the parity stripe, just like plain RAID 5.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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