From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda2.sgi.com [192.48.176.25]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id oAO0XfpR035819 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:33:41 -0600 Received: from BLADE3.ISTI.CNR.IT (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 1FE6A19FB2F for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:35:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from BLADE3.ISTI.CNR.IT (blade3.isti.cnr.it [194.119.192.19]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id KDnL0xBRH7TUuNPD for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:35:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from SCRIPT-SPFWL-DAEMON.mx.isti.cnr.it by mx.isti.cnr.it (PMDF V6.5 #31825) id <01NUM81T9XVKLGYSFA@mx.isti.cnr.it> for xfs@oss.sgi.com; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:34:30 +0100 (MET) Received: from conversionlocal.isti.cnr.it by mx.isti.cnr.it (PMDF V6.5 #31825) id <01NUM81T4XZKLGYJQD@mx.isti.cnr.it> for xfs@oss.sgi.com; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:34:30 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:36:37 +0100 From: Spelic Subject: Re: Xfs delaylog hanged up In-reply-to: <20101123234811.0ea3c41c@galadriel.home> Message-id: <4CEC5E15.7080307@shiftmail.org> MIME-version: 1.0 References: <4CEAC412.9000406@shiftmail.org> <20101122232929.GJ13830@dastard> <4CEBA2D5.2020708@shiftmail.org> <20101123204609.GW22876@dastard> <20101123234811.0ea3c41c@galadriel.home> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: Emmanuel Florac Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com On 11/23/2010 11:48 PM, Emmanuel Florac wrote: > So Spelic, you're using the 3Ware as a SATA controller, but not a RAID > controller? This is quite unexpected, though going with md > instead provides better IOPS. > Yep, because I know MD better, I can see the code, it's more flexible and customizable, can be controlled with scripts more easily... Also parameters to the underlying drives can be controlled if I use MD, and it's easier to align filesystem to stripes. Also my time is better spent learning it as MD won't change the next time I buy a different hw controller. What would be the advantage of using hardware raid? _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs