On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Bob Friesenhahn
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is anything really slower than a RAID5?

RAID6 might be. RAID3 can be, too. Hey, you asked.

> I am not sure if ZFS really has to wait for both sides of a mirror to
> finish, but even if it does, if there are enough VDEVs then ZFS can still
> proceed with writing.

It would have to wait on an fsync() call, since that won't return
until both halves of the mirror have completed. If the cards you're
using have NVRAM, then they could return faster.

-B

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"The good is the enemy of the best." - Nietzsche
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