Which is faster: iSCSI to linux box over 1Gb or local SATA storage with intel ICH9?

[Andy Smith]

Hi Justin,

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 11:23:19PM -0400, justino garcia wrote:
> Which is faster: iSCSI to linux box over 1Gb or local SATA storage with
> intel ICH9?

You'll have to benchmark for your load, but local storage is usually
faster than remote at least because of the lower latency.

I would expect to be able to directly attach even a few normal
7.2kRPM SATA disks in RAID and beat iSCSI to a faster array on the
same network, given the same load.

Networked storage is not normally used vs. local disk for
performance reasons, but for other reasons.

> Does it also depend on nic card, and other factors?

Yes. :)

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