Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:12:02 -0500 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Good server motherboard? Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.0.20010327141111.03acb370@mail.etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103271239230.75629-100000@sasami.jurai.net> References: <002f01c0b6dd$8538e560$0464a8c0@pnt004>
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At 12:42 PM 03/27/2001, you wrote: >On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Ed Henderson wrote: > > > You mention that I should consider software RAID if I only need level > 1. How much processing overhead is there? My system will be running > with a single 1.2GHz Athlon CPU. > > Software RAID like Vinum has proven to be faster then HW >RAID. Mainly because of HW Raid card's using poorly sized stripes. There >is a benchmark test of Vinum vs some DPT Cards that brad knowles put on >the web. If you want the URL I would be happy to dig it up for you. Vinum >is FAST++, and you can enable softupdates on Vinum as well. So you get >speed and reliability. And I use this combo on alot of Postfix mail >servers for the mail queue. I couldn't be happier. Vinum is >incredible. Now I just have to keep working on some decent doc's for it >:-) Will the machine boot off of the second drive if the first one fails? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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