From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261316AbTDDU2x (for ); Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:28:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261317AbTDDU2x (for ); Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:28:53 -0500 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:29715 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261316AbTDDU2E (for ); Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:28:04 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: RAID 5 performance problems Date: 4 Apr 2003 12:39:08 -0800 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: References: <73300040777B0F44B8CE29C87A0782E101FA97B2@exchange.explainerdc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2003 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: By author: "Peter L. Ashford" In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > The ONLY reason that I can think of to use round cables would be for > looks. From a performance or reliability standpoint, they are a waste of > money. I routinely build systems with dual 8-channel IDE RAID cards > (3Ware 7500-8) and 16 disks, and ONLY use flat cables. > In some chassis they make routing cables a lot easier. In others, they make it harder. -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." Architectures needed: ia64 m68k mips64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x sh v850 x86-64