Thanks Ben, I can see that I have a lot of work to do, I'll be filling you in on my progress. I think I will go with what Mr. O saying about hardware controllers, but, once again, I've got a lot of work to do, I'm in a learning curve, let's see how this pans out. This will be a slow and deliberate examination.
Brian On Nov 15, 2007 3:22 PM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Check out http://lbs.sourceforge.net/ for a benchmarking suite, also > http://members.optusnet.com.au/ckolivas/interbench/ .... > I use VLC cross-platform ( videolan.org ) but I didn't see much benchmarking > in their wiki. > I found some older benchmarks for 2.4 kernel on embedded platforms: > http://elinux.org/Benchmark_DirectFB > ... anything else? > > ben > > > > > > On Nov 15, 2007 3:08 PM, Eponymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All I want is speed out of this box, got some PR to do with Windoz > > types, so I'll take some time setting this up, test each > > configuration. I know this is not the best hardware, but it's what I > > have. > > > > Which brings me to my other point, how would I test performance > > cross-platform, for video. I see this site for FOSS and video > > http://www.free3d.org/ I sure wish I had a definitive software for > > testing. > > > > But it doesn't matter. It's a beautiful "ubuntu" day. BTW, what's > > your take on Google and Android software? Sounds like a winner to me! > > > > Thanks for the links, I'll take it slow and get it right... > > > > Brian > > > > P.S. Tux is not dead, he's only sleeping, he'll be baaaaack! > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 15, 2007 9:29 AM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My suggestion is to avoid use of the hardware raid, and use software > raid > > > via linux. > > > Also, be familiar with and refer to google's wealth :) > > > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Raid > > > http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_software_raid > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FakeRaidHowto ("Fake" raid is soft > raid, > > > nothing really fake about it) > > > I don't know why software RAID does not get more respect these days. > When > > > processors were just babies, > > > hardware raid was needed for reasonable performance, but now soft raid > is > > > really fast, unless you're comparing > > > it with enterprise-grade NAS setups. IMO soft raid is fine for non-SCSI > > > RAIDs :) > > > Basically, if you can/need-to afford SCSI, you prolly want a hardware > > > controller. Also if you need a BIG array, > > > or even anything beyond 3 or 4 drives. > > > > > > Yikes, TLDP is just not keeping up!!!.... TLDP is dead! Long live TLDP. > > > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html (2.4 kernels, outdated) > > > http://tldp.org/FAQ/Linux-RAID-FAQ/x37.html (outdated tho!) > > > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Boot+Root+Raid+LILO.html (old/outdated) > > > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux-Promise-RAID1-HOWTO/index.html (promise > > > controlled/outdated) > > > > > > ben > > > > > > PS - you do mention RAID 1 there as well; although it sounds like you're > > > wanting 0/mirroring for speed, > > > did you also want to setup a 1/striped array? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 15, 2007 9:11 AM, Eponymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm happy to report that I have finally gotten to where I want to be > > > > with Linux. Of course I did nothing; it was Ubuntu 7.10 in the > > > > Kitchen with the pipe wrench - the CLUE'less one > > > > > > > > Now I am going to reconfigure this box to start Blending. I've had a > > > > great experience with my XP RAID 0 box, so I'm looking to configure my > > > > Ubuntu box for speed via RAID 0. > > > > > > > > I've been informed by folks in the past, to my benefit, about things > > > > like RAID 1; so I'm looking for some help on this setup. > > > > > > > > ASUS A7V333 Mobo > > > > 2 GB Crucial memory > > > > 2 Seagate 160 GB ATA drives > > > > NiVidia G4 Ti 4200 Video Card > > > > > > > > I know this is years behind the curve but it's what I got. This board > > > > has the on-board Promise RAID Chipset w/ separate RAID and IDE MoBo > > > > connectors, which I want to use for flexibility. > > > > > > > > I am so happy to be getting out of Windows, thanks for all the > > > > support; and I hope to be offering something back to the group, via a > > > > art input, in the coming year. > > > > > > > > Brian > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > EUGLUG mailing list > > > > euglug@euglug.org > > > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > EUGLUG mailing list > > > euglug@euglug.org > > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > euglug@euglug.org > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
