I installed Ubuntu Server 10.04.2 LTS AMD64 on a HP ProLiant ML370 G3 (4 x dual-core/hyperthreaded Xeon 2.66 GHz, 8 GB RAM) and I used the on-board SCSI controller to manage 8 x 300 GB 15K RPM SCSI drives in a software RAID 5 set up as a 7-drive array with 1 hot-spare drive. All drives are the exact same model with the same firmware version.<div>
<br></div><div>It&#39;s currently rebuilding the array (because I just created the array) and /proc/mdstat is reporting &quot;finish=165.7min speed=25856K/sec&quot;. Does that sound &quot;right&quot; in the sense that it&#39;s the right order of magnitude? I though it should be higher, but I haven&#39;t set up such an array before, so I don&#39;t have anything to compare it to.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If it&#39;s slow, does anyone have a suggestion for speeding it up?</div><div><br></div><div>Kevin</div>