Hi, (this is a bit off-topic)
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:55:50 -0500, Pete Harlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Asus A8V I bought has both a VIA and a Promise SATA controller, > and both work fine with Linux. The Promise is better supported under > Linux (or possibly just a better controller; it does TCQ under Linux, > where the VIA doesn't (yet?)) as far as I could tell from the SATA > compatibility page. I was wondering: having both a Promise and a VIA SATA controllers and 2 hard drives: to implement software raid, which of these configurations would give better performance?: 1. One HD attached to a different controller (one to VIA, one to Promise) 2. Both HDs on the VIA controller 3. Both HDs on the Promise controller I guess that using a single controller would put more load on it but reduce the PCI bus load, and vice versa... am I right? >From the thread discussion, I would say that option 3 is better than 2 (Promise being a better controller)... but is it better than option 1 in overall performance on this scenario? what do you think? Thanks pep