On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 09:43, James Oakley wrote:
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On Friday 03 September 2004 9:57 am, Joe Polk wrote:
I would agree with many of your points save one. HW RAID (not including Promise IDE stuff because that's not a true HW controller in the same sense that a Compaq SMART Array Controller is) is always going to be faster. There is no way, for instance, SW RAID could compete with say a 6400 w/256MB Cache Module.
You really should look at http://spamaps.org/raidtests.php
This only applies to the promise IDE controller. You would have to make simular tests against a SCSI controller for comparison. SCSI disks are generally faster (and more reliable) all around than IDE, although IDE has made some strides lately. -- Ken Schneider unix user since 1989 linux user since 1994 SuSE user since 1998 (5.2) * PLEASE only reply to the list *