Re: performance limitations of linux raid

[Chris Mauritz]

> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May  3 20:38:05 2000
> 
>       Umm, I can get 13,000K/sec to/from ext2 from a *single*
> UltraWide Cheeta (best case, *long* reads, no seeks).  100Mbit is only
> 12,500K/sec.
> 
> 
>       A 4 drive UltraWide Cheeta array will top out an UltraWide bus
> at 40MByte/sec, over 3 times the max rate of a 100Mbit ethernet.

Yup, that's why all my RAID boxen use gigabit ether cards.  8-)  The
Netgear cards are only about $300.  The switches are a bit expensive
though.  8-)

Cheers,

Chris
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Christopher Mauritz
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