> I've also got a 1U with a 9500SX-4 and 4 drives. I like how the 3Ware > card scales there - started with 2 drives and got "drive speed" > mirroring. Added two more and most of the bonnie numbers doubled. This > is not what I'm used to with the Adaptec SCSI junk.
Well, for sequential reading, you should be able to get double drive speed on a 2-disk mirror with a good controller, as it can balance the reads among the drives.
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