From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 23 16:11:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B17716A4E7 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:11:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richard@firebadger.net) Received: from mail.firebadger.net (82-69-4-157.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.4.157]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D34443D4C for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:11:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from richard@firebadger.net) Received: (qmail 17565 invoked by uid 1011); 23 Jul 2006 16:09:58 -0000 Received: from 192.168.1.10 by brian.firebadger.net (envelope-from , uid 1009) with qmail-scanner-1.25-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.88.1/1449. spamassassin: 3.1.1. perlscan: 1.25-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(192.168.1.10):SA:0(-4.3/5.0):. Processed in 1.577734 secs); 23 Jul 2006 16:09:58 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.3 required=5.0 X-Antivirus-FIREBADGER-Mail-From: richard@firebadger.net via brian.firebadger.net X-Antivirus-FIREBADGER: 1.25-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(192.168.1.10):SA:0(-4.3/5.0):. Processed in 1.577734 secs Process 17557) Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.10?) (richard@firebadger.net@192.168.1.10) by mail.firebadger.net with SMTP; 23 Jul 2006 16:09:56 -0000 Message-ID: <44C39F9D.7050500@firebadger.net> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:11:09 +0100 From: Richard Collyer User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <44C26B7A.30200@firebadger.net> <44C357CA.4040801@firebadger.net> <200607231053.58927.jhorne@dfwlp.org> In-Reply-To: <200607231053.58927.jhorne@dfwlp.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Slow Write Performance on 3ware controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:11:21 -0000 Jonathan Horne wrote: > ive been a 3ware fan for many years now. this pic was taken in 2001... > http://www.dfwlp.org/~jhorne/pics/computerroom/raid01.jpg > heh, you want to talk about pci placement based on fit of ide cables... lol > try mine. in the end, after 5 years, im impressed mine is still chugging > away, at albeit the performance numbers of yesteryear. oh, incase anyone > would ask, my /dev/twed2 is a 4x120GB RRAID5 with seagate's (ST3120026A), in > a dual 1ghz thats almost as old as the card. > > i would love to go out and buy a new 3ware... but this one wont die! :) > > an btw to richard (and other 3ware users too), do you have the sysutils/tw_cli > port installed? very useful! No dont have the tw_cli installed. I'm a big fan of the 3DM2 web based tool and havent found anything that it cant do for me yet. I'll check out that port and report back! Cheers Richard