From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roman Mamedov Subject: Re: Promise SATA TX4 300 + 3TB disks? Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:50:11 +0600 Message-ID: <20121005145011.673f4974@natsu> References: <818058745.20121005012826@oudeis.org> <20121005123653.0a5398e0@natsu> <506E9E77.1080002@hardwarefreak.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/XTKrB6d3UXKdaluAD4iSLC="; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <506E9E77.1080002@hardwarefreak.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: stan@hardwarefreak.com Cc: Rainer =?UTF-8?B?RsO8Z2Vuc3RlaW4=?= , Linux MDADM Raid List-Id: linux-raid.ids --Sig_/XTKrB6d3UXKdaluAD4iSLC= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:46:47 -0500 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > I would not recommend a PMP, with it your 5 disks will be limited to on= e SATA > > port's bandwidth, which will not give you good performance. >=20 > Roman is simply wrong here. The PMP will give far better performance in > the OP's case than a 4 port PCI 32/33 HBA. Compared to a 4-port PCI 32/33 card, sure. Sorry, I have overlooked the part where author specifically asks for a PCI card. --=20 With respect, Roman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Stallman had a printer, with code he could not see. So he began to tinker, and set the software free." --Sig_/XTKrB6d3UXKdaluAD4iSLC= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlBun0MACgkQTLKSvz+PZwhnxwCfbbCQmpeZHMVfxF+gqk6Egf4C sg8An2xYwzVN+8DtoVZv90vlVWm1HiKT =KEBa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/XTKrB6d3UXKdaluAD4iSLC=--