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Date:      Fri, 22 Jun 2001 00:21:55 -0400
From:      Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 3 3ware controllers? 
Message-ID:  <4.2.2.20010622002015.024056d0@192.168.0.12>
In-Reply-To: <200106220429.f5M4Tlw05112@mass.dis.org>
References:  <Your message of "Fri, 22 Jun 2001 00:08:42 EDT." <4.2.2.20010622000707.0152ce30@192.168.0.12>

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At 09:29 PM 6/21/2001 -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
> > At 07:04 PM 6/21/2001 -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 2 3ware 6800's, one  7800.  The 7800 comes up (with a -stable
> > >
> > >There shouldn't be; if you get a command interrupt, it'll just mask them
> > >off.
> >
> >
> > BTW, has anyone tried / used the 3ware card in RAID5 mode with 4 disks ?
> >  From what I am told, its not the most efficient to use RAID 5 on 4 disks,
> > but the application its for needs a lot of storage space with more 
> emphasis
> > on reliability as opposed to speed (RAID10).
>
>Yes.  It works, as you'd expect.  It's just not very impressive, also as
>you'd expect.

Its merely for storing big archival dump files, so speed is not so 
important in this application. Main thing is reliability.

         ---Mike
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