Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 01:43:42 -0700 From: "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Hardware RAID vs vinum Message-ID: <20020529084340715.AAA489@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com> In-Reply-To: <bulk.71597.20020528201728@hub.freebsd.org>
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> Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 18:59:26 -0600 > From: "Long, Scott" <Scott_Long@adaptec.com> > > > On Tuesday, 28 May 2002 at 13:04:19 -0700, Doug White wrote: > > > On Tue, 28 May 2002, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > > > > >> This can only happen if there's something very wrong with > > the software > > >> RAID-5, either the implementation or the configuration. One thing > > >> that springs to mind is too small a stripe size. There's > > a myth going > > >> around that this improves performance, when in fact it seriously > > >> degrades it. [...] > Greg, the companies that make RAID hardware are not filled with a > bunch of idiots. > > Scott Speaking of RAID hardware engineers, is that 5400 card that was mentioned here earlier architecturally close to the 32xx/34xx DPT designs now sold by Adaptec, or a new design? (I assume you inherited most of DPT's engineers when you bought them) Actually now that I look at it, it must have diverged because it uses a different driver.. Phil -- Philip J. Koenig pjklist@ekahuna.com Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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