Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 00:21:55 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3 3ware controllers? Message-ID: <4.2.2.20010622002015.024056d0@192.168.0.12> In-Reply-To: <200106220429.f5M4Tlw05112@mass.dis.org> References: <Your message of "Fri, 22 Jun 2001 00:08:42 EDT." <4.2.2.20010622000707.0152ce30@192.168.0.12>
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At 09:29 PM 6/21/2001 -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
> > At 07:04 PM 6/21/2001 -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 2 3ware 6800's, one 7800. The 7800 comes up (with a -stable
> > >
> > >There shouldn't be; if you get a command interrupt, it'll just mask them
> > >off.
> >
> >
> > BTW, has anyone tried / used the 3ware card in RAID5 mode with 4 disks ?
> > From what I am told, its not the most efficient to use RAID 5 on 4 disks,
> > but the application its for needs a lot of storage space with more
> emphasis
> > on reliability as opposed to speed (RAID10).
>
>Yes. It works, as you'd expect. It's just not very impressive, also as
>you'd expect.
Its merely for storing big archival dump files, so speed is not so
important in this application. Main thing is reliability.
---Mike
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