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SubjectRe: SATA RAID5 speed drop of 100 MB/s
Carlo Wood wrote:
> Is it possible that the measurement with "hdparm -tT" returns a higher
> value for some setting, but that the over-all real-life performance
> drops?

IN THEORY, RAID performance should /increase/ due to additional queued
commands available to be sent to the drive. NCQ == command queueing ==
sending multiple commands to the drive, rather than one-at-a-time like
normal.

But hdparm isn't the best test for that theory, since it does not
simulate the transactions like real-world MD device usage does.

We have seen buggy NCQ firmwares where performance decreases, so it is
possible that NCQ just isn't good on your drives.

Jeff


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