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Subject: Re: Poor write performance with LSI 320-2 on 6.1-STABLE
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Albert Chin wrote:
> The arrays are configured with "write-thru" write policy, "adaptive"
> read policy, and "cachedio" cache policy.

cachedio will slow you down on the old LSI cards. Only enable it on the 
PCI-X and above adapters.


/Martin