Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:58:31 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good server motherboard? Message-ID: <200103271858.f2RIwV401330@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:12:02 EST." <5.0.0.25.0.20010327141111.03acb370@mail.etinc.com>
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> > > You mention that I should consider software RAID if I only need level
> > 1. How much processing overhead is there? My system will be running
> > with a single 1.2GHz Athlon CPU.
> >
> > Software RAID like Vinum has proven to be faster then HW
> >RAID. Mainly because of HW Raid card's using poorly sized stripes. There
> >is a benchmark test of Vinum vs some DPT Cards that brad knowles put on
> >the web. If you want the URL I would be happy to dig it up for you. Vinum
Just to note that this a comparison between a current system running
Vinum, and quite possibly the worst PCI RAID card ever manufactured by
anyone, anywhere. 8)
> >is FAST++, and you can enable softupdates on Vinum as well. So you get
> >speed and reliability. And I use this combo on alot of Postfix mail
> >servers for the mail queue. I couldn't be happier. Vinum is
> >incredible. Now I just have to keep working on some decent doc's for it
> >:-)
>
> Will the machine boot off of the second drive if the first one fails?
Nope. This is why you use a real (tm) RAID controller. 8)
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