Quoting Orlando Andico ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Well in my experience, software RAID5 with 3 Ultra-160 drives on a Linux > box with a 500MHz processor puts out MORE I/O's per second than hardware > RAID5 with 12 Ultra-160 drives on a Sun StorEdge A1000 array. > > CPU utilization is virtually nil except when rebuilding a failed drive, > when it's about 10-20%.
That's great to hear. The md driver's maintainers have improved it really immensely, to the point where I think it's a natural to consider before paying for a hardware-level solution. (Things like Mylex cards have been a major, and expensive, disappointment.) _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
