diff --git a/LDP/faq/docbook/Linux-RAID-FAQ.sgml b/LDP/faq/docbook/Linux-RAID-FAQ.sgml
index c4da06e6..ae5c5922 100644
--- a/LDP/faq/docbook/Linux-RAID-FAQ.sgml
+++ b/LDP/faq/docbook/Linux-RAID-FAQ.sgml
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@
+
+ v0.0.10
+ 24 April 2001
+ gml
+
+ Added a new section and question about benchmarking.
+
+
v0.0.9
9 October 2000
@@ -26,16 +34,6 @@
things which I can't remember.
-
- v0.0.8
- 6 September 2000
- gml
-
- The info/welcome message on vger.kernel.org has a pointer to this
- FAQ. New section on recovery, and fixed a few markup things.
-
-
-
@@ -414,6 +412,48 @@ unused devices: <none>
+
+ Benchmarking
+
+
+
+
+ How should I benchmark my RAID devices? Are there any
+ tools that work particularly well?
+
+
+
+ There are really a few options for benchmarking your RAID
+ array, depending on what you're looking to test. RAID offers the
+ greatest speed increases when there are multiple threads reading
+ from the same RAID volume.
+
+ One tool specificly designed to test and show off these
+ performance gains is tiobench. It uses
+ multiple read and write threads on the disk, and has some pretty
+ good reporting.
+
+ Another good tool to use is bonnie++. It
+ seems to be more targeted at benchmarking single drives that at
+ RAID, but still provides useful information.
+
+ One tool NOT to use is
+ hdparm. It does not give useful
+ performance numbers for any drives that I've heard about, and has
+ been known to give some incredibly off-the-wall numbers as well.
+ If you want to do real benchmarking, use
+ one of the tools listed above.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/LDP/faq/docbook/Linux-RAID-FAQ.xml b/LDP/faq/docbook/Linux-RAID-FAQ.xml
index c4da06e6..ae5c5922 100644
--- a/LDP/faq/docbook/Linux-RAID-FAQ.xml
+++ b/LDP/faq/docbook/Linux-RAID-FAQ.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@
+
+ v0.0.10
+ 24 April 2001
+ gml
+
+ Added a new section and question about benchmarking.
+
+
v0.0.9
9 October 2000
@@ -26,16 +34,6 @@
things which I can't remember.
-
- v0.0.8
- 6 September 2000
- gml
-
- The info/welcome message on vger.kernel.org has a pointer to this
- FAQ. New section on recovery, and fixed a few markup things.
-
-
-
@@ -414,6 +412,48 @@ unused devices: <none>
+
+ Benchmarking
+
+
+
+
+ How should I benchmark my RAID devices? Are there any
+ tools that work particularly well?
+
+
+
+ There are really a few options for benchmarking your RAID
+ array, depending on what you're looking to test. RAID offers the
+ greatest speed increases when there are multiple threads reading
+ from the same RAID volume.
+
+ One tool specificly designed to test and show off these
+ performance gains is tiobench. It uses
+ multiple read and write threads on the disk, and has some pretty
+ good reporting.
+
+ Another good tool to use is bonnie++. It
+ seems to be more targeted at benchmarking single drives that at
+ RAID, but still provides useful information.
+
+ One tool NOT to use is
+ hdparm. It does not give useful
+ performance numbers for any drives that I've heard about, and has
+ been known to give some incredibly off-the-wall numbers as well.
+ If you want to do real benchmarking, use
+ one of the tools listed above.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+