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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?


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