Re: strange performance dip shown by iozone

From: Charles Swiger (cswiger_at_mac.com)
Date: 02/20/04

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    Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:27:33 -0500
To: mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com

    On Feb 20, 2004, at 11:47 AM, mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com wrote:
    > Also, is the RAID5 writing speed supposed to be _so much_ worse, than
    > that of a single disk?

    it's normal for RAID-5 write performance to be slower than that of a
    bare drive. RAID filesystems involve tradeoffs between cost,
    performance, and reliability. RAID-5 maximizes cost and reliability at
    the expense of performance.... 

    -- 
-Chuck
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