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Date:      Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:55:09 +1000
From:      Danny Carroll <fbsd@dannysplace.net>
To:        Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Areca vs. ZFS performance testing.
Message-ID:  <490A8FAD.8060009@dannysplace.net>
In-Reply-To: <20081031043412.GA22289@icarus.home.lan>
References:  <490A782F.9060406@dannysplace.net> <20081031033208.GA21220@icarus.home.lan> <490A849C.7030009@dannysplace.net> <20081031043412.GA22289@icarus.home.lan>

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Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> 
> I'd like to see the performance difference between these scenarios:
> 
> - Memory cache enabled on Areca, write caching enabled on disks
> - Memory cache enabled on Areca, write caching disabled on disks
> - Memory cache disabled on Areca, write caching enabled on disks
> - Memory cache disabled on Areca, write caching disabled on disks
> 
> I don't know if the controller will let you disable use of memory cache,
> but I'm hoping it does.  I'm pretty sure it lets you disable disk
> write caching in its BIOS or via the CLI utility.

The manual suggests that the write cache can be disabled.   Perhaps
there is no read cache for this card.

-D



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