Le Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:36:37 +0100 vous écriviez: > What would be the advantage of using hardware raid? More predictable performance under heavy load (nfs kernel server, typically). BTW the 3Ware is not a very good sata controller; I've found that it is actually one of the worst of its class when it comes to IOPS, the Areca 16xx, LSI Megaraid and Adaptec 5xx5 all perform better as simple controllers in combination with MD (tested with 8 SSDs). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Emmanuel Florac | Direction technique | Intellique | <eflorac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | +33 1 78 94 84 02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs