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Article #251Re: Photoshop and scrambled HDDs? [Was: PartitionMagic]
From: Scott Coutts
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 10:29
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 10:29
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Leythos wrote: > In article <629%b.76315$Wa.26774@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, > scott.coutts@med.monash.edu.au says... > >>Leythos wrote: >> >> >>>In article <403c41e0$0$18303$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>, miro01 >>>@hotmail.com says... >>> >>> >>>>There is evidence to show that RAID is slower not faster on some key I/O >>>>functions. Where most manufacturers or affordable raid systems fall over is >>>>the fact that commands are not adequately stored in a buffer. >>> >>> >>>Complete and utter BS. If the commands were not properly stored in the >>>buffer there would be instant data corruption! >>> >>>RAID, all levels, has different performance characteristics, and they >>>are well documented, you should study RAID before you post more BS. >>> >>> >> >>But it is still true that they can be slower... especially IDE raid setups. > > > I can show you a $600 IDE RAID controller with 64MB of RAM with 6 200GB > IDE drives that will outperform an basic SCSI RAID Controller with 6 x > 10K RPM drives. > > IDE is making great inroads in the RAID market, in a lot of cases you > won't notice the difference except on heavily loaded systems. On > personal computers or high-end workstations you will not see the > difference. > Yeah, sure. I dont doubt that it can be faster. But it's also true that they can be slower... when all the motherboards started coming out a while back with built in RAID controllers, people were going out and setting up their RAID arrays and thinking how much faster it would be... but those setups often just dont cut it (: They're OK for backup purposes I guess. Scott.
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