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Re: mkfs options for a 16x hw raid5 and xfs (mostly large files)

To: Ralf Gross <Ralf-Lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: mkfs options for a 16x hw raid5 and xfs (mostly large files)
From: "Bryan J. Smith" <thebs413@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:08:25 -0700 (PDT)
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Ralf Gross <Ralf-Lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You're right, but these benchmarks help to find simple failures or
> misconfigurations at an earlier stage of the process.

Yes, as long as you are comparing to a benchmark of a known, similar
quantity.

It's not uncommon for Linux's RAID-5 to be 2-3x faster at dd and
single file operations, especially if there are no, actual parity
operations.


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