Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:48:00 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: agent dero <dero@bluhayz.org> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-performance Digest, Vol 4, Issue 7 Message-ID: <3EF0A5D0.7040709@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20030615091254.M85497@bluhayz.org> References: <20030614190033.7F0DE37B407@hub.freebsd.org> <20030615091254.M85497@bluhayz.org>
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agent dero wrote: > I have been researching RAID and Software RAID online using FreeBSD's > availible documents, and I am wondering what the performance of using a > simple RAID 1 capable card over a software RAID 1 configuration? Will the > software RAID perform well enough that I could just cut costs of a RAID card? Hardware RAID support can be critical to RAID-5 performance; for RAID-1, the difference between software and hardware probably won't be noticable. [ Yes, this is a generalization that will be false in some circumstances. ] -Chuck
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