JWSmythe wrote:
>
> The difference between theory and real world performance are always a
> lot of fun.
The difference between theory and practice is that in theory there isn't
any difference...
> RAID5 does striping and parity, so it could, should, and might be faster.
For reads - and perhaps big file writes.
>
> A lot of it has to do with the drives, the controller, and even the
> OS.
Except when you do small writes - like directory operations which
backuppc does all the time. Then it is going to be limited by the speed
of the parity drive.
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Les Mikesell
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