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From: bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu (David E. Bernholdt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super,comp.sys.celerity,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Disk striping experiences?
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Date: 7 Jun 90 19:38:19 GMT
Reply-To: bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu (David E. Bernholdt)
Organization: University of Florida Quantum Theory Project
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We are considering striping some of the disks on our FPS-500EA1 and
would like to hear the positive or negative experiences of others with
striping disks on any kind of high-performance (unix) box.

The striped disks will be used solely as "scratch" space by running
jobs, so the problem of the failure of a single drive destroying the
entire striped file system is not a concern.  Perhaps there are other
problems which we haven't thought of?  Should we expect to see
significant improvement in I/O rates in a multi-user production
environment?  Etc...

Please reply by email -- I will summarize if there is interest.
Thanks in advance.
-- 
David Bernholdt			bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu
Quantum Theory Project		bernhold@ufpine.bitnet
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL  32611		904/392 6365