Keep in mind you really only want to enable the cache if you have a bbc, otherwise you are risking your data since it can/will cache writes...just something to keep in mind. On 9/1/11, Austin Godber <godber at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Craig, > > Thanks for the suggestion. I would if I could. I'd also probably try > another file system. Though the good news is, enabling the write cache on > that array has improved things significantly. Which, in my case, was: > > tw_cli /c2/u0 set cache=on > > Now, if only I had the battery backup unit for the card. > > Thanks, everyone for their suggestions. For now I am happy with the > situation, but I'd be interested to hear the experiences of others. > > Austin > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Craig White <craig.white at ttiltd.com> wrote: > >> >> 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? >> ---- >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >