Re: Software RAID5 with 2.6.0-test

Andre Tomt
2003-10-09T09:13:45Z

On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 10:55, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> > Was this a 4 port or 2 port HPT controller? Keep in mind, two disks on
> > the same IDE channel severely degrades performance, *especially* with
> > RAID.
>
> It's a four port SATA controller. I'd never even think about placing
> two disks on the same cable.

You can't either, considering it is SATA :-)

However, I wouln't count on superior performance from software based
RAID 5 (ata/fakeraid or otherwise), that is whats real raid controllers
are for.

Out of couriosity, how well is it performing in lets say.. a RAID10 or
RAID1 setup?

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Mvh,
André Tomt
andre@tomt.net