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Brians256 · 05-31-2007, 09:18 AM

Oh, and NO I don't backup. RAID-5 is not a backup solution, I know it, and I don't care. The server IS my backup, since those DVDs are in my attic.

Also, I get the impression that my 3ware controller isn't all that fast although I'm not sure why that is the case. It takes a long time to move 1TB of data from one spot on the RAID-5 array to another (I was moving stuff from one auto-carved chunk to the other). It took about 2-4Hrs to do so. I know that that's something on the order of 70-140MB/s but it just seems slow because the drive lights didn't stay on continuously. It looks like the bottleneck is the CPU or the 3ware controller not the drives.

05-31-2007, 09:18 AM	#8
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	Re: picked up a free computer Oh, and NO I don't backup. RAID-5 is not a backup solution, I know it, and I don't care. The server IS my backup, since those DVDs are in my attic. Also, I get the impression that my 3ware controller isn't all that fast although I'm not sure why that is the case. It takes a long time to move 1TB of data from one spot on the RAID-5 array to another (I was moving stuff from one auto-carved chunk to the other). It took about 2-4Hrs to do so. I know that that's something on the order of 70-140MB/s but it just seems slow because the drive lights didn't stay on continuously. It looks like the bottleneck is the CPU or the 3ware controller not the drives.