Seth Mos schrieb:
>
> At 10:55 19-7-2001 +0200, Tru Huynh wrote:
> >1) 3ware driver 3w-xxxx is not(?) SMP aware?
> >- current firmware
> >- current 3w-xxxx drivers:
> > 2.4.3-xfs-1.0.1
> > 2.4.5-xfs-1.0.1
> > I guess the SMP kernel come with SMP aware driver :)
>
> Maybe the people over at linux-ide.org have a newer 3ware driver.
>
> >2) 3com cards not working properly (3c59x driver)
> > packet losts, bonnie on nfs (too many interrupts?)
> >
> >- not errors reported on either cards and switch
> >(no collisions, dropped. overruns/carriers on
>
> That's good.
>
> >- ok for bonnie, will post the results ASAP.
> > Do I need to run all 4 combinations UP/SMP 2.4.3/2.4.5?
>
> Mainly the SMP ones. and one UP. Performance between UP kernels will
> probably be similar.
>
> >3) testing kernel >= 2.4.7pre5
> >- will do after getting today's cvs update
>
> It's 2.4.7-pre8 at the moment.
>
> >4) try SMP+raid5 on local IDE HD to rule out 3ware issue
> >- I just have a single HD on the primary IDE controller
> > I can only repartion it by destroying the scratch partition.
> > Will 3 logical partitions be ok for a minimal raid5 device?
>
> Yes that will do
But performance will be bad anyway with all partitions on the
same physikal disk.
>
> >5) change the chunk-size from 64 to 256/512.
> >- I guess that is fine tuning :)
I was playing around with chunk-size but it didn't really change
something for me.
>
> Should be faster with large files.
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Seth
> Every program has two purposes one for which
> it was written and another for which it wasn't
> I use the last kind.
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