Explain difference in SQLIO numbers for RAID 0 versus RAID 5 over 6 disks
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When using the SQLIO benchmark tool on a 4-core Dell server with 6 15k 450GB (fast) drives, RAID 0, we found the max throughput was 2MB per second. But when configured as RAID 5, we get 30 MB per second.
It seems that the RAID controller, Dell Perc 5i integrated controller, is maxing out the throughput per disk. With RAID 5, I expect to get a bump due to stripping, but not a 15x difference.
Like good programmers, we suspect the hardware , but we could be missing something.
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