> I always use SCSI systems that allow combined writes. But the original
> post said the drives were U160 scsi; I didn't catch whether this was
> software RAID or using a hardware controller, but I think it said
> hardware controller. So that leads to the question of whether the
> hardware controller is able to spread out reads or writes. (my systems
> were also all SMP, which might matter, but the 30 MB/sec spec on single
> drives I mentioned is non-RAID with an intelligent hot swap backplane)
I've been trying both hw and sw raid. Now, I've got a new controller
giving me 60MB/sec from a software RAID-0. I haven't tried hw RAID on the
new controller yet, but I will.
The system is a Compaq ProLiant DL380: 3-peer PCI system with 1GBps memory
bus, 1,2GB RAM, 2xPIII1266 and a nice steel-gray 2U-case.
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They stop working when you open Windows.
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