On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Holger Kiehl wrote:
> > Thanks for all the help. Basic real-world questions like this don't tend
> > to make it into faqs, but can go a long way to helping you make informed
> > buying decisions.
> >
> Why not try software raid? Its faster and cheaper.
I would rather spend the money than incur the CPU overhead from software
RAID. The benchmarks I have seen put 3-6 disk software RAID at a 15-30%
CPU utilization. The machine will be constantly running CPU-intensive
code, so that is too painful a hit to take.
Thanks,
D
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