On Monday May 22, talbotx@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > A few simple questions about the 2.6.16+ kernel and software RAID. > Does software RAID in the 2.6.16 kernel take advantage of SMP? Not exactly. RAID5/6 tends to use just one cpu for parity calculations, but that frees up other cpus for doing other important work. > Does software RAID take advantage of 64-bit CPU(s)? No more or less that other code in the kernel. Sometimes using a 64-bit CPU is a cost because more data is shuffled around... Was there some particular sort of 'advantage' that you were thinking of? NeilBrown > If there are any good web sites that cover this information, a link > would be GREAT! > > -Adam Talbot > > - > 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 - 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
