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Date:      Tue, 28 May 2002 13:04:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Hardware RAID vs vinum
Message-ID:  <20020528130308.A71519-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020528095948.D16567@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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On Tue, 28 May 2002, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:

> This can only happen if there's something very wrong with the software
> RAID-5, either the implementation or the configuration.  One thing
> that springs to mind is too small a stripe size.  There's a myth going
> around that this improves performance, when in fact it seriously
> degrades it.

Mind expounding on this topic? The people at BayDel would like to disagree
with you -- they ship a RAID 3 box that has good performance.

/me puts on daemon horns :)

Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu     |  www.FreeBSD.org


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