md road-map: 2011 [LWN.net]
https://lwn.net/Articles/428206/ road map for linux software “md” RAID. Good read, cudos to Neil Brown
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Optimizing Linux for random I/O on hardware RAID - Fishpool
http://www.fishpool.org/post/2008/03/31/Optimizing-Linux-I/O-on-hardware-RAID explains use linux IO scheulers with presence of smart RAID controllers.
Remote Conversion to Linux Software RAID-1 for Crazy Sysadmins HOWTO
http://togami.com/~warren/guides/remoteraidcrazies/ how to convert single disk install to linux software raid1 (this guide also assumes that u don’t have local access)
Linux.com :: Benchmarking hardware RAID vs. Linux kernel software RAID
http://www.linux.com/feature/140734 JULY-2008: adaptec SAS 8 port with 6 SATA HDDs vs MD-RAID for 5, 6 and 10
Benchmark: Dell/Perc 6, 8 disk RAID 10 [postgresql-performance mailing list]
http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/[email protected] Dell 2950
Merlin's stuff: software vs hardware raid | Dell md1000 bonnie++ benchmarks
http://merlinmoncure.blogspot.com/2007/08/following-are-results-of-our-testing-of.html bonnie++ benchmark comparing dell perc 5 (lsi) hw raid controllers connected to Dell md1000 jbod box and linux md raid driver. (test was performed by a notable PostgreSQL developer )
Benchmarking Linux filesystems on software RAID 1 - Lone Wolves - Web, game, and open source development
http://www.jejik.com/articles/2008/04/benchmarking_linux_filesystems_on_software_raid_1/ notes on 3ware 9550XS vs md RAID1 for various filesystems on Linux