Re: disk performance benchmarks

>>>>> "GS" == Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:

GS> For write heavy application I would expect RAID5 to be a lose on
GS> any software-raid based solution. Only with good hardware raid
GS> systems with very large battery-backed cache would it begin to be
GS> effective.

Who in their right mind would run a 14 spindle RAID in software? :-)

Battery backed write-back cache is definitely mandatory for performance.

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