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> >
> >> It feels like there is something fishy going on.
> Maybe the RAID 10 =20
> >> implementation on the PERC/6e is crap?
> >

It's possible.  We had a bunch of perc/5i SAS raid cards in our servers tha=
t performed quite well in Raid 5 but were shite in Raid 10.  I switched the=
m out for Adaptec 5808s and saw a massive improvement in Raid 10.=0A=0A=0A =
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