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      DustinB3403
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      Assuming RAID1 because you don't seem like the YOLO type, I can't imagine your performance would jump by using hardware.

      You'd use hardware when bench techs are involved or you need hardware capabilities not provided through mdadm.

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        DustinB3403
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        Also worth noting this card is older, Server 2008 is the last Windows OS that is supported by this card within their own marketing details. (It could be updated, but I didn't bother checking further).

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          wrx7m
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          @jmoore said in Question about Raid Performance:

          h310

          It is a precision system, so he is probably not running a server OS. Or is he?

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            jmoore @wrx7m
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            @wrx7m Its my workstation. I won't be pushing the machine most likely. Just consider it a theoretical question. If the machine was going to be pushed to its limits, would using this card make sense?

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              jmoore @wrx7m
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              @wrx7m No, not Windows server anyway.

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                DustinB3403 @wrx7m
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                @wrx7m said in Question about Raid Performance:

                @jmoore said in Question about Raid Performance:

                h310

                It is a precision system, so he is probably not running a server OS. Or is he?

                Yeah this is their business line, so it likely isn't meant to be used as a server. Not that that matters though.

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                  DustinB3403 @jmoore
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                  @jmoore said in Question about Raid Performance:

                  @wrx7m Its my workstation. I won't be pushing the machine most likely. Just consider it a theoretical question. If the machine was going to be pushed to its limits, would using this card make sense?

                  No, because the CPU on this Chip is older than the CPU you have in the unit. Your performance would likely suffer.

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                    jmoore @DustinB3403
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                    @DustinB3403 ok that makes sense, thanks!

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                      DustinB3403 @jmoore
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                      Now if you, @jmoore wanted to make this system scream. Set it up as RAID0.

                      And just have a good backup solution in place.

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                        jmoore @DustinB3403
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                        @DustinB3403 Thats what I have now on Fedora.Yes its very fast.

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                          DustinB3403 @jmoore
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                          @jmoore said in Question about Raid Performance:

                          @DustinB3403 Thats what I have now on Fedora.Yes its very fast.

                          You currently have an mdadm RAID0 and want to install hardware to try and make it a faster RAID0?

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                            jmoore @DustinB3403
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                            @DustinB3403 lol umm yeah, I have never used hardware raid before so just wanted to see if I was missing anything.

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                              DustinB3403 @jmoore
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                              @jmoore said in Question about Raid Performance:

                              @DustinB3403 lol umm yeah, I have never used hardware raid before so just wanted to see if I was missing anything.

                              You're missing some bench tech features. Things that, you with this particular case do not matter in the least.

                              Since you can't pull a drive without opening the case, needing wanting blind and hot swap are moot points to even consider.

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                                jmoore @DustinB3403
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                                @DustinB3403 Yeah your right, I don't care about those things. Its just my workstation. I have stuff backed up to san and I have an updated image ready to deploy for my system in case something breaks.

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                                  DustinB3403
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                                  What are you using for your backup solution?

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                                    jmoore @DustinB3403
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                                    @DustinB3403 I don't have a backup solution per se. I save files directly to my network share and I have a complete system image saved on the network as well. I update the system image about once a month. I don't have any important data on my machine. I use browsers based things and email. I test apps for issues reported by users.

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                                      DustinB3403
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                                      @jmoore that would certainly work. No need to make things more complex if there is no benefit.

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                                        jmoore @DustinB3403
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                                        @DustinB3403 Cool, thanks for the input!

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                                          scottalanmiller @jmoore
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                                          @jmoore said in Question about Raid Performance:

                                          I got an extra perc h310 card and wondered if I would get better performance using that instead of mdadm.

                                          Not even close. MD RAID will destroy any RAID card. Especially a super low end one with low cache and known implementation problems drastically impacting performance.

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                                            scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                                            @DustinB3403 said in Question about Raid Performance:

                                            Assuming RAID1 because you don't seem like the YOLO type, I can't imagine your performance would jump by using hardware.

                                            RAID 1 or 10 performance can be cut by more than half, in fact!

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