there is an article at wickedpc
(http://www.wickedpc.com/faqs/harddrivetweaking/B) that talks about
the new IBM 22GB Drive ATA-66. Basically ATA-66 doesn't add that much in
speed (like 8%), but it reduces CPU overhead alot. So you shoudl be
rocking with 3 or 4 of those 22GB beasts in a RAID5.
--Bryan
"Male zebras have white stripes, female zebras have black stripes."
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, D. Carlos Knowlton wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> I am building a server that I want to use Linux RAID on. I've heard that
> the new IDE spec "U-DMA-66" is supposed to be an extremely fast technology.
> (is that 66 MHz, or 66MB/s?) Anyway, I was wondering if anyone here has had
> any experience with this (in RAID formation, or not). Has SCSI finally met
> its match with inexpensive IDE (U-DMA-66 vs. UW-SCSI-45 (again, how are
> these numbers significant?))? Which U-DMA-66 drives perform the best? etc.
> What can you tell me?
>
> (Am I RAIDtarded, or redundantly challenged? =)
>
> -ck
>
