Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932376AbWHWHZy (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Aug 2006 03:25:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932377AbWHWHZy (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Aug 2006 03:25:54 -0400 Received: from mail1.skjellin.no ([80.239.42.67]:48530 "EHLO mx1.skjellin.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932376AbWHWHZx (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Aug 2006 03:25:53 -0400 Message-ID: <44EC02FD.7050207@tomt.net> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:25:49 +0200 From: Andre Tomt User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marc Perkel CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Hardware vs. Software Raid Speed References: <44EBFB3E.8070905@perkel.com> In-Reply-To: <44EBFB3E.8070905@perkel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 674 Lines: 13 Marc Perkel wrote: > Running Linux on an AMD AM2 nVidia chip ser that supports Raid 0 > striping on the motherboard. Just wondering if hardware raid (SATA2) > is going to be faster that software raid and why? Beeing a consumer type board (AM2), the "raid on the motherboard" is in 99.999% of the cases just software raid implemented in their Windows drivers, a bootup setup screen plus some BIOS magic to get the OS booting. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/