On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 16:58, Seth Bardash wrote:
> The firmware and the 3dm daemon software is proprietary but NOT
> Linux O/S kernel dependant.
>
> 3ware updates these as required within days of a change and makes
> them available on their web site.
>
> ->
>
> We don't have any benchmarks for software raid for many reasons:
>
> 1) Software RAID requires the cpu to do 2 reads/writes for each
> read/write the system does.
>
> Most of our customers are using CPU cycles for file serving and
> database functions and need all the performance they can get while
> optimizing the RAID functions at a reasonble price.
Just a quick reminder: I was asking about the low-end market-
nothing so complex as anything you'd put into a NOC...it sounds like
these cards are the next generation of ass-kicking RAID cards for the
foreseeable future...I just wanted some assurance that SW RAID (or cheap
hardware) could be counted upon to work in a more hobbyist-sense.
I've bookmarked the page; if I get to a "real" RAID environment,
outside my basement, I'll give it another look. :) Thanks!
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Evansville, IN http://Fahrlander.net
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