[linux-lvm] LVM on SATA/PATA disks

Daniel Davidson danield at igb.uiuc.edu
Mon May 14 14:59:41 UTC 2007


For linux, I prefer anything 3ware makes for SATA or PATA.  I have not
been happy with promise boards.  The newer higher end boards are
expensive, but you can buy the older boards for significantly less.
With the 3ware boards you could even avoid having to use lvm since they
have raid included.

Dan

On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 22:25 +0200, Bertrand Renuart wrote:
> > However, even the $50 adapters are way faster than what you could get
> > 10 years ago.  I would start with a higher end $50+ adapter (you want
> > it reliable).  If you get a lot of "system" CPU time during heavy disk
> > IO, then the $300 adapter will relieve that.  For example, a super cheap
> > ATA adapter was giving us 25% system CPU on backups on a 1.8Ghz Celeron.
> > Replacing that with a more expensive (but < $100) IDE adapter reduced
> > system time to 1% or so.
> > 
> 
> What adapter would you recommend for a descent setup?
> 
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