Hi all, here are the results. A PCI SATA Lycom 114 in RAID 10 vs a PCI-X SATA II Adaptec 2420SA in RAID 5, both connected to a Chembro SATA backplane and hot-swap cage. Version 1.03 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random- -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks-- Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP adaptec5 2G 45114 86 80970 33 35300 12 50267 79 119029 15 296.3 0 ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create-------- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP 16 4130 15 +++++ +++ 30544 100 26745 94 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ Version 1.03 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random- -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks-- Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP sii10 2G 43516 83 53765 27 30708 12 45898 76 111066 17 310.6 1 ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create-------- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP 16 15515 97 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ 28323 100 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ Alexandre _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list