I have a box with DPT PM2044 SmartCacheIV UW-SCSI PCI cards which can do
RAID-5 in hardware, but I'd have to use the DOS volume manager to set up
the array. I have heard reports that vinum woudl be faster than using the
native card. Is this true? Should I not bother with doing the hardware raid
> I have a box with DPT PM2044 SmartCacheIV UW-SCSI PCI cards which can do
> RAID-5 in hardware, but I'd have to use the DOS volume manager to set up
> the array. I have heard reports that vinum woudl be faster than using the
> native card. Is this true?
Doubtful, though I have heard that there a
On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 09:58:17AM -0500, Ean Kingston wrote:
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> > I have a box with DPT PM2044 SmartCacheIV UW-SCSI PCI cards which can do
> > RAID-5 in hardware, but I'd have to use the DOS volume manager to set up
> > the array. I have heard reports that vinum woudl be faster than using the
>
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 09:58:17AM -0500, Ean Kingston wrote:
>>
>> > I have a box with DPT PM2044 SmartCacheIV UW-SCSI PCI cards which can
>> do
>> > RAID-5 in hardware, but I'd have to use the DOS volume manager to set
>> up
>> > the array. I have heard reports that vinum woudl be faster than
Peter C. Lai wrote:
I have a box with DPT PM2044 SmartCacheIV UW-SCSI PCI cards which can do
RAID-5 in hardware, but I'd have to use the DOS volume manager to set up
the array. I have heard reports that vinum woudl be faster than using the
native card. Is this true? Should I not bother with doin
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On Wednesday, 16 February 2005 at 10:52:24 -0500, Ean Kingston wrote:
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>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 09:58:17AM -0500, Ean Kingston wrote:
>>>
I
On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 09:44:51AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> Recall that there are no real hardware RAID controllers on the
> market. The difference is whether you have a special processor on the
> controller card or not. To determine which is faster, you need to
> compare the hardwar
