From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luca Berra Subject: Re: 1x 3ware controllers vs. 2x 3ware controllers Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:45:52 +0200 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040730064551.GA30508@percy.comedia.it> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 08:53:47PM -0700, Adam Hunt wrote: >I'm looking at building what I guess you could call a budget NAS >array. I'm looking to start with four 250MB SATA drives on 3ware >8506-4LP controller. I eventually want to move to eight drives in the >box. Is there any reason to expect that the performance of eight >drives spread across two 8506-4LP controllers is going to be any worse >then the same eight drives all on one 8506-8? maybe pci bus issues, but you don't tell us the intended layout. regards, L. -- Luca Berra -- bluca@comedia.it Communication Media & Services S.r.l. /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN X AGAINST HTML MAIL / \