Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:55:36 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Danny Do <ai_quoc@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Optimal File System config for 2.5TB RAID5 Message-ID: <20080930205435.B20033@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <BAY139-DAV45B9F2CCF6913F5533E3090430@phx.gbl> 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>
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> > The reason I want to use hardware RAID is because I got so much problem with > software RAID5 4 years ago on FreeBSD 5.4. I still remember those > nightmares. Furthermore, hardware RAID5 doesn't require much knowledge and > management. > > But you could be right, the CPU speed is triple now, software RAID gets > smarter and more stable, it could perform better than hardware RAID because > it's more flexible. But again, I still prefer hardware because it's easy to it's someone more than that, still - you don't read my mails carefully. you will get better performance with my patch, but still it will be crappy with your "hardware" RAIDs compared to what it should be
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