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Date:      Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:47:51 +0100
From:      Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Should I bother with a gvinum stripe when using a pair of SSDs?
Message-ID:  <20130216144751.GC3070@schweikhardt.net>

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hello, world\n

currently the only gvinum partition on my home system is a stripe for /home
across two Velociraptor HDDs. I'm thinking of replacing the HDDs with a
pair of SSDs. I was thinking of reducing complexity and in the migration
possibly no longer use gvinum at all--one less thing to configure and worry
about.

 * Would gvinum striping bring any speed advantage with a pair of SSDs?
 * Or am I hitting other limits so that striping SSDs is a waste anyway?
 * Should I finally take the plunge and acquaint myself with ZFS?

System has 4GB RAM in an ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe with SATA II. It appears to me
that SATA II with 300MB/s is maxed out by a single SSD and striping it
will not improve r/w throughput. Is my simplistic reasoning correct?

Regards,

	Jens
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