Fwd: performance on new linux box

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From: Ryan Wexler <ryan(at)iridiumsuite(dot)com>
Date: Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] performance on new linux box
To: Craig James <craig_james(at)emolecules(dot)com>

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Craig James <craig_james(at)emolecules(dot)com>wrote:

> On 7/8/10 9:31 AM, Ryan Wexler wrote:
>
>> Thanks a lot for all the comments. The fact that both my windows box
>> and the old linux box both show a massive performance improvement over
>> the new linux box seems to point to hardware to me. I am not sure how
>> to test the fsync issue, but i don't see how that could be it.
>>
>> The raid card the server has in it is:
>> 3Ware 4 Port 9650SE-4LPML RAID Card
>>
>> Looking it up, it seems to indicate that it has BBU
>>
>
> Make sure the battery isn't dead. Most RAID controllers drop to non-BBU
> speeds if they detect that the battery is faulty.
>
> Craig
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Thanks. The server is hosted, so it is a bit of a hassle to figure this
stuff out, but I am having someone check.