On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 20:27, Scott T. Smith wrote: > On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 17:23, Tim Moore wrote: > > >>From what I have read, RAID0 will just go as fast as your slowest disk. > > > > Almost 2X faster. > > writes will be as fast as the slowest disk; reads will be faster. Eh? I think the more correct way to phrase RAID0 characteristics over *any* selection of disks is that the minimum theoretical speed for the overall array when it comes to sequential reads *and* writes is n*speed_slowest_disk, where n is the number of drives in the array. > Scott > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx> 919-754-3700 x44233 Red Hat, Inc. 1801 Varsity Dr. Raleigh, NC 27606 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html