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Subject: Re: Troubleshooting a 3Ware 9550SX under 6.3
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On Jun 9, 2008, at 2:09 PM, Adam Bayless wrote:
[ ... ]
> Unit  UnitType  Status         %Cmpl  Stripe  Size(GB)  Cache   
> AVerify  IgnECC
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> u0    RAID-5    OK             -      64K     2095.44   OFF     
> OFF      OFF

Caching is off; that will kill performance especially for small  
transactions.  If you've got battery backup for this system, consider  
enabling the onboard cache...?

-- 
-Chuck