http://neilb.web.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/01102979338 It seems odd that RAID0 and RAID5 are slower with an odd number of drives. Very noticeable with the kernel 2.4 tests. Guy - 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