LSI 1064E poor performance

[Marko Lerota]

Scott Long <scottl at samsco.org> writes:

>>>> Go to the BIOS and turn on the cache for the array.
>>> There is no any cache option in BIOS to tourn on, or in
>>> LSI setup utility (CTRL+c) 
>> I installed debian and it's working fine. Do I really have to switch
>> to Linux?
>
> I'll say it one more time.  Go into the BIOS for the _controller_ and
> turn on the cache.  

I'll say it one more time, there is no any cache option in BIOS of the 
controller :). It's IBM X3250.

> Yes, linux performs better at 'dd' in the non-cache
> case because linux sends larger i/o's down to the controller than
> freebsd does.  This difference matters little when doing real file
> i/o.
> So no, you don't have to switch to linux, and no, linux doesn't actually
> perform better.

I did not, I switch to HP :)

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