RAID offload to multi-core x86 CPUs
XOR in software can’t actually be any faster. Plus, as seen earlier, most of the performance impact of RAID-5 is due to the disk IOs, not the XOR. Therefore moving the XOR to the host CPU really won’t make much of a difference.
How do you improve write speeds?
Note that throughput to the outer section of the disk (lower block numbers) is substantially faster than throughput to the inner section, so make sure you use the smallest numbers provided in the drive’s spec sheet.
RAID for dummies?
The point of RAID is to either make your data access faster, make your data more failure-proof, or both. The entire point of RAID 1 is data redundancy. While yes, RAID 1 does effectively give you half the storage space of the drives
Welcome To The Machine or, The Glorious Coronation of King Todd
that he was in good spirits, and would likely make a full recovery. Someone is going to have to explain to me how an entire state can report faster than a lone city, and which prompted a 1:00 am raid by the Peraica campaign.
Main Assist - A Basic Guide World of Warcraft map
By assisting, you are killing mobs faster and therefore reducing overall damage taken. Even in a raid like in Strathomle, you can still assist the MA on the elites while and the big hunter’s mark which can make the target clear.
Transparent Backups and the Ultimate MacBook
“sys” would transfer the system files from one disk to another and make the disk bootable. “asr” will perform the function of Carbon Copy Cloner except way faster. button and make sure “RAID Mirror AutoRebuild” is checked.
An Introduction To Raid – Greater Reliability ,faster, Less Costly
All the terminology and types of Raid are very confusing . This is a article which attempts to explain the benefits and advantages of Raid the diffirent types of RAID arrays and how you can make your choice simply
Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.0 Eases Windows Vista Migration
User migration capabilities enable fast and easy migration of data, standards and make it easier for IT departments to manage their Windows environment. Suite 2.0 to create and deploy images of hardware RAID arrays under WinPE,
MacBook Pro Speed Bump: Core 2 Duo, FireWire 800’s Triumphant Return
and while they’re cheap, I often find the specs make no sense (like having to choose There are a number of great external RAID drive products that offer high was to blame (PC makers aren’t as interested in the faster bus).
World of Warcraft Trading Card Game - WoW TCG Review from
Control freaks might be miffed about this, especially if you and your friends are trying to construct a diverse party in preparation of the upcoming Onyxia Raid Deck - which promises to be quite the challenge. Anything to make you buy

Build a Cheap and Fast RAID 5 NAS
Can a RAID 5 NAS that you make yourself outperform ready-made alternatives? Bill Meade finds out. Speak out in the Tom's Networking reader survey!
milek's blog: Software RAID-5 faster than RAID-10
Software RAID-5 faster than RAID-10. Software RAID-5 solutions were always much slower in writing data than RAID-10. However ZFS completely changes that
digg - Build a Cheap and Fast RAID 5 NAS
hardware raid is less hassle, faster, and in this case only $80. you can't install a RAID card from different manufacturer and make it read your array
EtherDrive® blades and Linux 2.6: Faster, Safer Storage With
Faster, Safer Storage With EtherDrive Blades make-raid10.sh # create a RAID 10 from shelf 1 to be used with mdadm-aoe.conf set -xe # shell flags: be
Hardware Tips: Make Your Hard Drives Faster and Safer With RAID
Choose the RAID configuration most appropriate for your needs.