[email protected] wrote: > My Asus MB uses an onboard Nvidia "software RAID" that is controlled > at the bios level. The only involvement for the 'nix OS is to ensure > that the kernel can see the array properly (which was no picnic).
Any reason why you stuck with the proprietary software RAID? In addition to the difficulty you apparently had getting it to work initially, if you need to change controllers or motherboards, and expect to keep the array running, you'll probably be out of luck. > I am not sure how one even determines if it's an issue. I guess you'd have to go back to the fundamentals and look for the load average increasing or iowaits. But if you determine that the RAID is a problem, I don't know what options you'll have for correcting it. Perhaps there are BIOS settings that permit you to tune it. So given that you aren't using mdadm, how do you know that the Nvidia software RAID is even performing a periodic rebuild? Or are you just suspicious that the RAID layer in general may be introducing performance bottlenecks? -Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
