centos-bounces at centos.org wrote on 15.04.2005 21:45:21: > Unless the model says "X" (for XScale), you don't want it. > Pre-XScale (StrongARM lineage) microcontroller+DRAM designs are *dog*slow*. > Intel i960 (including IOP30x series) can't push much beyond 60-70MBps. > While that was sufficient for yester-year's drives in RAID-3/4/5, it > is not today. > And blocking/buffered is never ideal for ATA. The one I was referring to wasn't an "X" model. :) I've got it installed on a box that doesn't have alot of disk activity, so that's probably why I have'nt noticed. :) I bought it just for fault tolerance, and I don't care much about software raids. So, if the original poster, like me, wants fault tolerance at a nice price rather than performance, I can recommend this: MegaRAID SATA 150-4 (or -6 for 6 ports). Dunno about prices in Australia tho'. :) Regards, Harald -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050415/636b1bd2/attachment-0004.html>