>Anybody tried a Raid1 or Raid5 on USB2. > >If so did it crawl or was it usable ? > >Many thanks > >Ken :o)
I have a USB raid5 consisting of 4 200GB drives. hdparm -t on the md device gives 42 MB/s, which is nearly twice as fast as the internal drive (this is a laptop). Since the RAID is storing large files (smallest file is about 1.5 MB), I used a stripe size of 128 K, and specified '-T largefile' to mke2fs. All the disks, USB-to-IDE converters, and the hub are in one ATX case. It's used to store pics from hi-res digital cameras, and video from camcorders. I've been using the RAID for 6 months with no problems. I code, therefore I am __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
