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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:15:09 +1200
From: Richard Scobie <richard@sauce.co.nz>
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Subject: Re: A little RAID experiment
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To: Emmanuel Florac <eflorac@intellique.com>
Cc: stefanrin@gmail.com, xfs@oss.sgi.com

Emmanuel Florac wrote:

> Wouldn't it be preferable to use the RAID controller to host the log
> device? This way you profit from the write cache, as the log easily
> fits in.

This setup is md software RAID ;). The controller is an LSI 1068 using 
initiator-target firmware. There is no write cache I am aware of.

Regards,

Richard

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