Re: performance limitations of linux raid

2000-04-23 Thread Michael Robinton
On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, bug1 wrote: > Chris Mauritz wrote: > > > > > Hi, im just wondering has anyone really explored the performance > > > limitations of linux raid ? > > > > Ive just managed to setup a 4 way ide raid0 that works. > > The only way i can get it working is to use *two* drives per

how to conigure autodetection

2000-04-23 Thread Michael Hothorn
Hi there I've just installed RAID1 with kernel 2.2.11 and raidtools 0.90. two disks (/dev/sda3 and /dev/sdb2/) are mirrored. Everything is running jsut fine. I read the manual to configure autodetection, but there were just some short comments. 1. I've activated autodetection in the kernel 2

Re: performance limitations of linux raid

2000-04-23 Thread bug1
Edward Schernau wrote: > > Chris Mauritz wrote: > > > > Ive done some superficial performance tests using dd, 55MB/s write > > > 12MB/s read, interestingly i did get 42MB/s write using just a 2 way ide > > > raid0, and got 55MB/s write with one drive per channel on four channels > > > (i had no

Re: performance limitations of linux raid

2000-04-23 Thread Edward Schernau
Chris Mauritz wrote: > > Ive done some superficial performance tests using dd, 55MB/s write > > 12MB/s read, interestingly i did get 42MB/s write using just a 2 way ide > > raid0, and got 55MB/s write with one drive per channel on four channels > > (i had no problem writing, just reading) so surp