On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 13:15, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2003-03-10T18:25:06Z, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I bet RAID0 would be even faster. Yes, yes, fragile... > > Not for concurrent reads. If a file spans more than one physical disk, then > at least two drives have to be reading from the same region at the same > time. With RAID1, you can have multiple simultaneous reads from different > physical locations.
Why wouldn't you get parallel reads, especially if you do async IO? -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | Spit in one hand, and wish for peace in the other. | | Guess which is more effective... | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
