Re: Performance with 2 AMD/Opteron 2.6Ghz and 8gig

Hi, Charles,

Charles Sprickman wrote:

> I've also got a 1U with a 9500SX-4 and 4 drives.  I like how the 3Ware
> card scales there - started with 2 drives and got "drive speed"
> mirroring. Added two more and most of the bonnie numbers doubled.  This
> is not what I'm used to with the Adaptec SCSI junk.

Well, for sequential reading, you should be able to get double drive
speed on a 2-disk mirror with a good controller, as it can balance the
reads among the drives.

Markus
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