Re: [suse-slstd-e] RAID 5 configuration

From: Chris Dollmont (chris_at_ccpu.com)
Date: Sat Oct 02 2004 - 21:10:46 CEST


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From: Chris Dollmont <chris@ccpu.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 12:10:46 -0700
Subject: Re: [suse-slstd-e] RAID 5 configuration

Make sure that your RAID controller has a battery back up and turn on
write caching. Also good in this case to make sure the whole system is
on UPS that's monitored for controlled shutdown.

Chris

On Oct 2, 2004, at 6:33 AM, Mohammad N. Tina wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a suse8.2 running on dell power 1600scm, Dual processors
> 3.2GHz, 1GB RAM,with PERC4 controller(RAID 5 configuration).
> I am noticing slow write speed, like copying file from location to
> another or untar compressed files,I know that writing speed in RAID 5
> is slower than normal configuration.
> 1-how can i know that my RAID 5 configuration are correct? can i
> increase the writing speed
> 2- how can i make check that the server is using the dual processors.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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