Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 11:21:14 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>, Danny Do <ai_quoc@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Optimal File System config for 2.5TB RAID5 Message-ID: <20081001111911.U8258@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <48E33CC6.7050504@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <1222681181.48e0a25d094c3@www.inbox.lv> <BAY139-DAV13C8982A51CD9B05C74D5090430@phx.gbl> <48E21C66.8080407@FreeBSD.org> <BAY139-DAV5423DFBF403B32AA0C22690430@phx.gbl> <20080930161407.E16761@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <BAY139-DAV45B9F2CCF6913F5533E3090430@phx.gbl> <20080930205435.B20033@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <00ee01c92346$69508fa0$3bf1aee0$@com> <20080930224447.GA58065@icarus.home.lan> <20081001083637.C7317@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <48E33CC6.7050504@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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> | | the simple answer is that software RAID on todays computers vastly | > outperforms ANY hardware raid solution, maybe except the ones for 10000$ | or > more. > > You're basically correct, but I think you're overestimating the price of > a good RAID controller. no. please give me example of any RAID hardware below 10000$ that WILL be faster than properly configure software RAID solution under FreeBSD with same amount of same disks. i mean faster under normal unix-like load, which is lots of parallel accesses to same or different things, not simple tests. there are NONE.
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