In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alvin Oga wrote: > >> RAID 1 is one strategy for getting 'faster' read going. > > > http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage/20000329/fastrak66-14.html > > > "its" linearly faster for reading ... but also linearly slower for writing >:-)
First, I cannot see that statement (writing linearly slower) confirmed on the page you mention, and second, I wonder why that would be. When writing one block of data to a raid1 array of N disks, the block indeed needs to be written N times -- but it can be sent to each disk simultaniously, so it should take constant time. Sure, writing to a raid 1 array will never be as fast as straight to disk, but it shouldn't be all that much slower. Thanks, joostje -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
