On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Jeff <threshar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've got a couple boxes with some 3ware 9550 controllers, and I'm less than > pleased with performance on them.. Sequential access is nice, but start > seeking around and you kick it in the gut. (I've found posts on the > internets about others having similar issues). My last box with a 3ware I > simply had it in jbod mode and used sw raid and it smoked the hw. > Anyway, anybody have experience in 3ware vs Areca - I've heard plenty of > good anecdotal things that Areca is much better, just wondering if anybody > here has firsthand experience. It'll be plugged into about 8 10k rpm sata > disks. What RAID level are you using? How much cache do you have? Write back / battery backed? What OS and version? Everything I've heard sys they're both fast performers.
