29 Aug
2005
29 Aug
'05
15:52
Hans du Plooy wrote:
I suspect the cpu of the raid controller is a bit weak. Software raid would probably be a lot faster, but then you would lose the comfort of hardware raid.
That's alright, the server is not mission critical - it is merely for storage of backups.
The question is rather if you have the experience how to handle a drive replacement of a software raid. If you do I would just give it a try.
That's the part I'm worried about. If the hardware choices were mine, it would have been an Athlon with a 3ware card...
I have not used a 3ware card yet, but seen mostly approving reviews. Is it possible to ask your vendor if he can explain the miserable write throughput of the LSI card? Sandy