Quote Originally Posted by warmduscher
what kind of controller do you use?
we had similar problems with 3ware products (eg 9550), on high IO situation the r/w performance dropped down to constant 8MB/s for minutes, then rising again for some time, again dropping...
I use a 3ware 9550SXU-16ML... This sounds not good, but i hope the issue is fixed. Uses here someone a 3ware too and can tell his experience?

Regards
Stefan