Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Aug 2004 18:31:44 -0600 | From | "J. Ryan Earl" <> | Subject | Re: Linux SATA RAID FAQ |
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Willy Tarreau wrote:
>I like it. It's fairly simple. I'm always amazed how many people do really >believe that these cards provide hardware RAID !!! The problem is when you >ask a reseller to add a real hardware RAID card in a system you purchase >and you end up with a cheap silicon image... It happened to us once and it's >not funny at all. > On the brightside, md raid5 is often faster than hardware raid5. At least on the 7000 and 8000 series of 3ware hardware; the 9000 series looks promising though. I haven't seen megaraid SATA numbers, and I don't know what happened to the SX8.
When the libata Marvell drivers come out, you'll have a cheap upgrade path for PCI-X boards if you want fast md raid: http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/DAC-SATA-MV8.cfm $100 to add 8 unbottlenecked SATA ports to your server motherboard.
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