On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 08:01:44AM -0800, Richard Wilson wrote: > So this brings up the question, couldn't find this in the archives. > How much faster is a ATA-HW RAID vs. a ATA-SW RAID? > With RAID 0? RAID0 I can tell you that linux software raid will always be faster. The kernel uses some of the knowledge to take decisions higher up; any hw raid has to first split stuff up and then try to guess those decision. > RAID 5? SW raid5 usually is faster too, but it consumes more cpu time
