I have an AMCC 3ware 9650SE-12ml (12port) RAID controller. I currently have 7*500GB seagate baracuda 7200.10 drives in a raid6 array. I want to benchmark this to check everything is as it should be. Is HDtune ok? and what sort of results should i expect?
Secondly, I want to speed up boot times and general software loading times. Redundancy on the OS isnt a concern for me as important files i make sure are on my raid6 array. Would 2 raptors in RAID0 be quicker than installing the OS on the raid6 array? If so... which raptor is the fastest in RAID 0, the 36GB, 74GB or 150GB? and what sort of performance gain does one get when scaling more raptors in raid0... so 3 instead of 2, and 4 instead of 2?
Thanks.
Secondly, I want to speed up boot times and general software loading times. Redundancy on the OS isnt a concern for me as important files i make sure are on my raid6 array. Would 2 raptors in RAID0 be quicker than installing the OS on the raid6 array? If so... which raptor is the fastest in RAID 0, the 36GB, 74GB or 150GB? and what sort of performance gain does one get when scaling more raptors in raid0... so 3 instead of 2, and 4 instead of 2?
Thanks.
