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Re: RAID5 internal log question

To: Mihai RUSU <dizzy@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: RAID5 internal log question
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <mkp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 15 Feb 2002 16:20:32 -0500
Cc: Linux XFS List <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>>>> "Mihai" == Mihai RUSU <dizzy@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Mihai> From the XFS FAQ and other threads on this list I understand
Mihai> that is recommended to have the log of an XFS partition out of
Mihai> a RAID5. Is that performance impact that bad also with hardware
Mihai> RAID ?  

No.  Only with Linux Software RAID5 because of the way it does stripe
caching.

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