On 23 May 2006, Neil Brown noted:
On Monday May 22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A few simple questions about the 2.6.16+ kernel and software RAID.
Does software RAID in the 2.6.16 kernel take advantage of SMP?
Not exactly. RAID5/6 tends to use just one cpu for parity
calculations, but that
A few simple questions about the 2.6.16+ kernel and software RAID.
Does software RAID in the 2.6.16 kernel take advantage of SMP?
Does software RAID take advantage of 64-bit CPU(s)?
If there are any good web sites that cover this information, a link
would be GREAT!
-Adam Talbot
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On Monday May 22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A few simple questions about the 2.6.16+ kernel and software RAID.
Does software RAID in the 2.6.16 kernel take advantage of SMP?
Not exactly. RAID5/6 tends to use just one cpu for parity
calculations, but that frees up other cpus for doing other
-Neil
I was not looking for any direct advantage. It is more a money VS
performance thing. I have a old dual proc Opteron motherboard. I am
going with 64-bit, but it is much cheaper if I just go buy a nice single
proc board instead of buying two Opterons for my dual proc board. If I
could get
