Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:40:31 +0100 From: Stuart Henderson <stuart@eclipse.net.uk> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID controllers Message-ID: <379CD5CF.FB60F6FA@eclipse.net.uk> References: <Pine.SUN.4.10.9907260948080.626-100000@cobia.gulf.net> <379CAD24.9285F233@eaznet.com>
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> In talking with other SkyCache users, and myself included, it's > collective opinion that RAID-5 doesn't help in a Squid Proxy setup. the opposite, in fact. if your raid requires a reboot to change config, it's less flexible than CAM with hotswap bays, and raid5 slows down writes (of which you have many more than you do reads). > The # of drives and channels has much more of an effect than RAID > does. In my opinion, you should probably spend more money on drives > and channels than using RAID. ...and RAM, squid from ramdisk _flies_ :-) Anyone here tried Peregrine yet? Any comments? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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