Feizhou wrote: > >>> argh...i missed the raid5 on 3ware part. >> >> Ah. No, I am using RAID0 since this is just scratch space for >> editing large uncompressed video files. > > Man a 3ware for RAID0? :D > > I cannot wait for port multiplexer support on libsata (or is it > libata?) in Centos 5. An elcheapo AHCI or whatever SATA controller + > Linux software raid will own 3ware cards on a price/performance basis :D > An 8-port 9550SX card is only US$500. Why on earth would I mess around with software RAID when that card is going to make things a plug and play proposition? It just isn't worth the hassle. >> >> Disks are so cheap and high enough capacity now that I don't even >> bother with RAID5 anymore. I still don't think (even if I was using >> RAID5) that I would stray from the "vendor supported" ext3 filesystem. >> > Not when you need that fileserver to serve. I'd go with JFS. XFS is > too risky even if the code was not iffy. ext3 + 3ware RAID5 arrays is > that bad. IIRC XFS was somewhere like 4-5 times faster than ext3 and > no, i am not talking about 3ware 75xx/85xx boards. I am talking 3ware > 95xx boards with onboard RAM. > _______________________________________________ If you need to serve files in an enterprise situation and you *cannot* afford a $500 RAID card, then I think you've got more pressing issues. :) Cheers,