On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:12:54 +0800, Mikhail Beris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gideon N. Guillen wrote: > I had expected a difference in performance between hardware and software > raid after reading a myriad of articles on the net when it comes to > comparisons between hardware and software RAID. But I wasn't prepared > for a very very VERY big difference in favor of software RAID in terms > of performance.
I guess it's because those low end controllers aren't RAID controllers at all. They're just IDE controllers with many ports. Thus: IDE controller "RAID cards" with RAID done in driver < Linux kernel RAID < RAID done in a dedicated CPU -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
