Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 10:31:17AM -0600, Cedar Myers wrote:
>> Neil Gunton wrote:
>>> I'm curious as to whether anyone has experience of software RAID in
>>> Linux giving better overall performance on RAID10 than a RAID card such
>>> as the Adaptec 2015S.
>>>
>>> Server: Dual Opteron 265, 1.8GHz, i.e. 4 cores total, 4GB RAM, 4x10k
>>> Fujitsu SCSI 73GB, Adaptec 2015S zero-channel RAID card.
>>
>> 1. When it comes to disk IO, especially with things like databases, the
>> disk vendors' information seems fairly solid that it's worth going with
>> 15k rpm disks. What I was reading about was a >10 disk system, so I
> yeah I think the idea is the faster the disc spin the more data that goes
> past
> the read head, thus the faster the data is taken off and provided tot he
> system
The faster the disk spins the faster the right data has rotatet below
the head and can be read/written. If you write small chunks of data
then seeking can be far more important.
MfG
Goswin
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