>>>>> "GS" == Greg Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
GS> For write heavy application I would expect RAID5 to be a lose on GS> any software-raid based solution. Only with good hardware raid GS> systems with very large battery-backed cache would it begin to be GS> effective. Who in their right mind would run a 14 spindle RAID in software? :-) Battery backed write-back cache is definitely mandatory for performance. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockville, MD +1-301-869-4449 x806 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
