software RAID-0 recommendations

[Douglas Furlong]

On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 13:40, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 12:15:43PM +0100, Douglas Furlong wrote:
> > If you create the RAID 0 in striped mode then the read/write speed for
> > large files is substantially increased. I believe, in the region of 70%
> > -> 80%. However I can't remember exactly off the top of my head.
> 
> Even then, that's a best-case test -- not reflective of something most users
> actually do often.
> 
> -- 
> Matthew Miller           mattdm at mattdm.org        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
> Boston University Linux      ------>                <http://linux.bu.edu/>

Surly if the user is doing large video editing, or sound editing they
churn through a lot of data off of the hard disk. I don't think that
RAID 0 striped is useful for every one, and it's probably used a lot by
the "My car bigger then your car" crowed. But that does not mean it does
not have legitimate uses.


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Douglas Furlong
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