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Subject: Re: db performance
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>> use systat
>
> Using 'systat -iostat' it shows mostly idle with 25-70 MB/s on the aacd0
> array. Most of time above 50. Thanks for the help!
>
> -- 
> Robert
>
>
70MB/s can't be "mostly idle". or you meant CPU mostly idle.

changing to RAID-not5 will help. seeking why disk traffic is so high - 
will help even more.