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Date:      06 Sep 2001 08:37:09 +0930
From:      Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
To:        Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
Cc:        Walter Betancourt <walt@betan.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: vinum
Message-ID:  <999693115.2391.762.camel@percible.alfred.cx>
In-Reply-To: <20010904225609.U95138-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com>
References:  <20010904225609.U95138-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com>

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On 04 Sep 2001 22:59:07 -0400, Joe Clarke wrote:

> Dell PERC RAID controller, and it worked rather nicely.  Honestly, I
> haven't done any speed comparisons between Vinum and hardware RAID. 

>From talking to Grog, as well as viewing the information on the Vinum
website, the speed of Vinum can be quite considerably faster than
"Hardware" RAID cards.

I seem to recall Grog using words to the effect of "... I've tested a
Vinum RAID-5 Array on a 486 DX2 66MHz and not noticed any performance
issues..."

The Vinum website has some interesting data on it regarding performance,
you'll find it at http://www.vinumvm.org/

   - andrew

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