What stripe and cluster sizes are being used? On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Alverson, Tom (Xetron) < tom.alver...@ngc.com> wrote:
> Well I am hoping that someone else on this list may have solved this > problem already. No such luck yet. My guess is that adding > memory/battery or changing to a P800 card will help, and I am testing > that guess buy purchasing both (on order, not here yet). > > If someone tells me that card XXX will fix all my problems I would > probably order one of those. I have had good luck with 3ware SATA raid > cards, but I'm not sure I could use them with the HP DL380 internal > drive slots because of the cabling used. > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 5:52 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: HP RAID5 P400 SATA questions > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Alverson, Tom (Xetron) > <tom.alver...@ngc.com> wrote: > > If the chip did not have the guts to perform the RAID calculations > fast enough, > > I doubt that both Intel and HP would have chosen this chip for their > RAID controllers. > > So, in other words, you have absolutely no basis for thinking that > it can perform as desired, other than a vague hope that Intel and HP > are real nice guys who never do anything wrong. > > I've got a Dell PowerEdge 2500 with a "PERC 3" RAID controller, > which is based on an Adaptec chipset. Normally, I really like > Adaptec's stuff, and Dell's PERC cards, but this one sucks monkey > balls. Performance absolutely blows. Turns out this card just sucks. > Dell/Adaptec turned in a stinker. I've even had Dell's tech guys say > this. The only solution is to use a different card. > > Every company on Earth turns out crap sometimes. You may have > encountered one of those times. You either have assurance that it > works as you desire, or you don't. So far, you have no such > assurances. Get some specs and stop guessing. > > Or, go right on guessing and hoping, if that's what you want. I > assumed you were posting because you needed help. I've identified > what you need to do. It's not my job to make sure you like it. Not > at the rates you're paying me. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
