Andrew,
I need a performance report about the RAID system(s) that you were
building, thanks.
On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Tom Livingston wrote:
A submitted report by Andrew Doane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 21
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0
Andre Hedrick wrote:
> > I have a system with 12 udma disks, and in practice it's been a
> > nightmare. Once you start using more than two interfaces the
> > auto-tuning code in the kernel ceases to work correctly, so you
> > have to "tune up" each disk after
>
> The tuning code fails?? News
> I have a system with 12 udma disks, and in practice it's been a nightmare.
> Once you start using more than two interfaces the auto-tuning code in the
> kernel ceases to work correctly, so you have to "tune up" each disk after
The tuning code fails?? News to me.
I have several reports th
Tom Livingston wrote:
> I have a system with 12 udma disks, and in practice it's been a nightmare.
> Once you start using more than two interfaces the auto-tuning code in the
> kernel ceases to work correctly, so you have to "tune up" each disk after
> boot. Also, udma-66 has a cable length limit
Niklas wrote:
> How many ide disks is it possible to use under linux, and how many is it
> "recommended" to use?
Currently, it's possible to use three ide controllers at once for a limit of
6 interfaces. This is a limit in the ide kernel code. Apparently, though,
expanding it should be easy. A
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been fooling around with raid-tools in combination with the promise
> ultra/66 controller together with a couple of IBM desk-star 22 Gb disks.
>
> And I really like what I see.
>
> My main concern now is about how far these things will scale.
>
> When
