[CentOS] CentOS 6.0 and 3ware 9650SE series RAID Performance

[Craig White]

On Sep 1, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Austin Godber wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Does anyone have experience using a 3ware 9650SE series raid controller on CentOS 6.0?
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use RAID 10

Unless something has changed, RAID 5 is notoriously slow on the 3Ware controllers. Whatever you do will only incrementally speed things up. If performance is desired, RAID 5 is not the way to go.

Craig