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Date:      Fri, 20 May 2005 15:13:06 -0700
From:      "Vinod Kashyap" <vkashyap@amcc.com>
To:        Alexis Yushin <alexis@ww.net>, freebsd-performance@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Bad 3ware 9000 performance 5.4?
Message-ID:  <IGT72S02.C5S@hadar.amcc.com>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-performance@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-performance@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of =

> Alexis Yushin
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:14 PM
> To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org
> Subject: Bad 3ware 9000 performance 5.4?
> =

> =

> Hi,
> =

> I've been browsing through the mailing list archive, but =

> could not find the
> answer/conclusion/solution to this...
> =

> Running FreeBSD 5.4... three machines with twe/3ware 8000 and =

> three twa/
> 3ware 9500-8 controllers. All of them running RAID 1+0 =

> without write cache
> since we dont have battery backup unit. All of them Seagate 7200 SATA.
> =

> I get about 46Mb/s write on the 8000 series and only 5(!)MB/s =

> on the 9500 series.
> =

> How is this possible? Machines are in production so I can do =

> very little
> testing... Any ideas?
> =


You have to have write caching enabled to get better write performance.
If you see bad numbers even with caching enabled, check to see if
all drives/cables are ok.

> =

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