btw, I forgot the important information that my RAID array is a RAID 5
array.
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:09:06 +0200, you wrote:
>> I am currently experimenting with the Software RAID (patch for 2.2.11
>> applied to 2.2.12 with raidtools snapshot from about three weeks ago).
>
>Same as I am running here.
>
>> The system I am doing these tests on is an older K5-100
>
>- slow CPU
actually, _yes_ ;-)
>> For RAID, I have three Quantum Atlas I
>
>Don't know these HDDs from practical experience ...
It's an about four year old Fast SCSI 2 GB hard disk that maxes out at
about 7 MB/s transfer rate.
>> on a single Fast SCSI Host Adapter with NCR Chipset.
>
>- slow hostadapter, only one channel for 3 HDDs - theoretical limit is 10MB/s.
I am well aware of that. However, my tests showed that the system only
uses about 60 % of that theoretical limit - a single disk alone does
more.
Greetings
Marc
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