At 4:58 PM -0800 12/8/2008, Justin The Cynical wrote: >Dan wrote: > >> "hardware" based RAID; this is preferred over software RAID? >> >> Hardware-based is better, either in the controller in your Mac or in >> the controller in the box. >> >> Software-based RAID is... a waste of your Mac's CPU time and i/o bandwidth. > >I would disagree a bit. Most hardware has enough spare CPU cycles >to deal with a software RAID setup (many CPU's on a RAID card are >200 Mhz or so in speed).
*gasp* What spare CPU cycles? Iffa you gots free cycles floating about then you need to THINK DIFFERENT! :) What good is a speedometer if it's not kept pegged? - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
