Re: Dell SAS 5i/mpt driver[was: possible issues with Dell/Perc5 raid]

2007-05-16 Thread Matthew Jacob
It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest that ext3 is better albeit bursty for writes. That's the Linux aggressive write-behind and ext2/ext3 for you in a nutshell. It's also quite likely true that in many cases that reads and I/O scheduling is a lot better in Linux. If you have time to run some

Re: Dell SAS 5i/mpt driver[was: possible issues with Dell/Perc5 raid]

2007-05-16 Thread Randy Schultz
On Tue, 15 May 2007, Matthew Jacob spaketh thusly: -}filesystem? ext3? Correct. -} -}I want one of these failing machines *in my lab*. -} -}On 5/14/07, Randy Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -}> On Fri, 11 May 2007, Matthew Jacob spaketh thusly: -}> -}> -}Time frame to resolution involves get

Re: Dell SAS 5i/mpt driver[was: possible issues with Dell/Perc5 raid]

2007-05-15 Thread Matthew Jacob
filesystem? ext3? I want one of these failing machines *in my lab*. On 5/14/07, Randy Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 11 May 2007, Matthew Jacob spaketh thusly: -}Time frame to resolution involves getting a machine into my lab that -}evidences the poor performance and the time to so

Dell SAS 5i/mpt driver[was: possible issues with Dell/Perc5 raid]

2007-05-14 Thread Randy Schultz
On Fri, 11 May 2007, Matthew Jacob spaketh thusly: -}Time frame to resolution involves getting a machine into my lab that -}evidences the poor performance and the time to sort out what the -}problem is and fix it. Remote access doesn't work for me on this one -}(contact me offline as to why). Hey