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Date:      Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:01:20 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Danny Do <ai_quoc@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Hard disk bottle neck.
Message-ID:  <20080928170001.E96919@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <BAY139-DAV95C49C49907D7EFE01A0190410@phx.gbl>
References:  <00d101c92154$691f53c0$3b5dfb40$@com> <48DF78C3.9080401@infracaninophile.co.uk> <BAY139-DAV95C49C49907D7EFE01A0190410@phx.gbl>

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> I'll update the result. I'll tell you how I go. Maybe sometimes in the next
> fortnight.
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> Thanks everyone, thanks Wojciech Puchar,
>
> Danny

anyway - how your RAID5 is configured? didn't you selected SMALL stripe 
sizes?

this way - every large read uses 3 disks in parallel, instead of spreading 
multiple reads on multiple disks.

RAID5 performance is high on reads, when configured properly, and when the 
RAID solution is right.





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