Hi, I have just finished to test raid0/raid1/raid5 on the same system (3x20Go ibm 7200). raid0/1/5 is done on 3 hd. kernel 2.2.12 + module from promise ultra66.o please tell me if it seems to be okey. AMD300/128/1x20Go + 2promise 66 + 3x20Go raid0 Dir Size BlkSz Thr# Read (CPU%) Write (CPU%) Seeks (CPU%) ----- ------ ------- ---- ------------- -------------- -------------- /hom0 2000 4096 1 14.0980 98.9% 18.3110 46.4% 100.916 1.09% /hom0 2000 4096 2 14.2932 98.7% 18.3394 47.0% 123.474 1.24% /hom0 2000 4096 4 14.3113 98.9% 18.3243 47.9% 142.602 1.40% /hom0 2000 4096 8 14.7232 98.8% 18.3131 49.3% 159.329 1.60% raid1 Dir Size BlkSz Thr# Read (CPU%) Write (CPU%) Seeks (CPU%) ----- ------ ------- ---- ------------- -------------- -------------- /hom1 2000 4096 1 16.2297 76.7% 7.91456 17.6% 86.0315 1.04% /hom1 2000 4096 2 14.2161 51.4% 7.91586 18.0% 105.695 1.28% /hom1 2000 4096 4 13.3654 41.8% 7.91725 19.1% 116.397 1.32% /hom1 2000 4096 8 12.8979 37.2% 7.91584 21.6% 123.985 1.36% raid5 Dir Size BlkSz Thr# Read (CPU%) Write (CPU%) Seeks (CPU%) ----- ------ ------- ---- ------------- -------------- -------------- /hom5 2000 4096 1 13.3215 27.2% 10.0497 18.3% 97.7299 0.80% /hom5 2000 4096 2 13.8182 32.1% 10.0496 18.4% 119.132 1.03% /hom5 2000 4096 4 14.1345 38.9% 10.0473 18.6% 137.929 1.23% /hom5 2000 4096 8 14.0209 41.0% 10.0464 18.9% 154.263 1.43% thanks Octave -- Amicalement, Octave >>>>> no swap allowed <<<<<