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Date:      Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:46:28 +1000
From:      Danny Carroll <fbsd@dannysplace.net>
To:        Nikolay Denev <ndenev@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>, Dieter <freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Areca vs. ZFS performance testing.
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Nikolay Denev wrote:
> I think some RAID controllers do not use the cache when you export the
> disks as pass-thru/jbod, 

I assumed this is the case but now I am not so sure.

> but on some controllers you can workaround this by making
> every disk a RAID0(stripe) array with only one disk.
> Dunno if that would work on the areca...


You can probably do that with this as controller as well.
However if I look at the manual I do not see an option to disable the
cache for Raid sets.  Only to change it from Write-back to
Write-Through.   I guess write-through is *almost* as if the cache is
disabled.

-D



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