Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:55:52 -0700 From: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> To: Mike Sweetser - Adhost <mikesw@adhost.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best SCSI or SAS RAID for a NAS? Message-ID: <46E5BD68.10603@calarts.edu> In-Reply-To: <17838240D9A5544AAA5FF95F8D5203160279A27B@ad-exh01.adhost.lan> References: <17838240D9A5544AAA5FF95F8D5203160279A27B@ad-exh01.adhost.lan>
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Mike Sweetser - Adhost wrote: > We're looking for opinions on what the best RAID controller would be for > maximizing throughput on a drive array serving as a NAS using NFS. It > needs to be either SCSI based or SAS based. > > Right now, we're using an LSI MegaRAID with 512MB RAM, which was the > best at the time, but we're experiencing throughput issues and are > looking for what might be better. > > Thanks! > Mike Sweetser > > -------------------------- > Mike Sweetser | Systems Administrator > > Adhost Internet > 140 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 360, Seattle, Washington 98109 USA > P 206.404.9023 T 888.234.6781 (ADHOST-1) F 206.404.9050 > E mikesw@adhost.com W adhost.com > > Our brand new Adhost West data center is open - contact us for a tour at > 1-888-234-6781 (ADHOST-1) > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Its not just the controller you should be checking. The drives RPM speed, how many drives in the array, are you using RAID 0+1 or just RAID 5 for the array. Could you give more details on these issues? -- Sean Murphy Senior Network Technician, California Institute of the Arts +1 (661) 253-7732 voice
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