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SubjectRe: Performance figure for sx8 driver -- More information
FromKallol Biswas <>
Date08 Jun 2005 23:11:52 -0700
The linux driver from Promise gets much better performance than sx8
on 2.6.6 (back port) kernel. The 2.6 Promise driver uses SCSI framework.

On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 18:24, kallol@nucleodyne.com wrote:
> Does anyone have performace figure for sx8 driver which is for promise SATAII150
> 8 port PCI-X adapter?
> 
> Someone reports that on a platform with sx8 driver, multiple hdparms on
> different disks those are connected to the same adapter (there are 8 ports) can
> not get more than 45MB/sec in total, whereas a SCSI based driver for the same
> adapter gets around 150MB/sec.
> 
> Any comment on this?
> 
> 
> Kallol Biswas
> www.nucleodyne.com
> kallol@nucleodyne.com
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