Look at EasyCo's MFT. I'm still trying to sort out drive-specific issues, but initial performance benchmarks are just awesome. We have 4 OCZ Vertex Turbo 60GB drives in softRAID level 5. The restructuring of the block writes also extends the life of the drives.
---------------------------------------- Glen Batchelor IT Director All-Spec Industries phone: (910) 332-0424 fax: (910) 763-5664 E-mail: webmas...@all-spec.com Web: http://www.all-spec.com Blog: http://blog.all-spec.com ---------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 2:21 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Universe and stripped drives > > I considered adding a few SSD to our server, but given they 'wear' out > faster with increased writes, we dropped that idea. I've played with > the tmpfs before. I have a script that creates the fs, then untars a > tar file into it (a saved Universe Account). When I'm done, I run the > other script to retar the account and store it as a .tar file, then > remove the tempfs. Gives a little permanancy(?) to the tmpfs data. > > As long as I mount the tempfs in the same spot each time, UV always > will be able to work with it. Of course, if it tries when the tempfs > is not mounted, it doesn't crash and burn, just some error messages. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- > > boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Brutzman, Bill > > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 2:12 PM > > To: U2 Users List > > Subject: Re: [U2] Universe and stripped drives > > > > > > I am filled with wonder for the salesman who sells striping of > > solid-state server drives. > > > > --Bill > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
