> Yeah, we've also seen performance issues with raid5 on the 9500 series > products. The benchmarks we run look good, but when we've put them into > production file server environments, the performance has been disappointing. > With 500GB disks now available for $4.95 down at the local Walgreen's, we've > gone to raid 1 and are _very_ pleased with the performance. Although it's > been discouraged on this list, we're using xfs and the unsupported CentOS > kernels and haven't had any problems. We're anxiously waiting the 'new, > improved' xfs drivers for CentOS :) :) The 9550 has better performance over the 9500, but I don't have any real numbers to back up the differences. -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety'' Benjamin Franklin 1775