Slow Write Performance on 3ware controller

[Richard Collyer]

Jonathan Horne wrote:
> ive been a 3ware fan for many years now.  this pic was taken in 2001...
> http://www.dfwlp.org/~jhorne/pics/computerroom/raid01.jpg
> heh, you want to talk about pci placement based on fit of ide cables... lol 
> try mine.  in the end, after 5 years, im impressed mine is still chugging 
> away, at albeit the performance numbers of yesteryear.  oh, incase anyone 
> would ask, my /dev/twed2 is a 4x120GB RRAID5 with seagate's (ST3120026A), in 
> a dual 1ghz thats almost as old as the card.
> 
> i would love to go out and buy a new 3ware... but this one wont die!   :)
> 
> an btw to richard (and other 3ware users too), do you have the sysutils/tw_cli 
> port installed?  very useful!

No dont have the tw_cli installed. I'm a big fan of the 3DM2 web based 
tool and havent found anything that it cant do for me yet. I'll check 
out that port and report back!

Cheers
Richard