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Test Setup
7:09 AM - March 12, 2007 by
Patrick Schmid
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: cheap, raid, ravages, wd, raptor
Syndication:
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: cheap, raid, ravages, wd, raptor
Syndication:
Table of Contents:
Test Setup
Setup For Low Level Benchmarks
| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processors | 2x Intel Xeon Processor (Nocona core)
3.6 GHz, FSB800, 1 MB L2 Cache |
| Platform | Asus NCL-DS (Socket 604)
Intel E7520 chipset, BIOS 1005 |
| RAM | Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 (DDR2-400 ECC, reg.)
2x 512 MB, CL3-3-3-10 timings |
| System Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB
120 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB cache, UltraATA/100 |
| Mass Storage Controller(s) | Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5)
Silicon Image Sil3124, PCI-X |
| Network Controller | Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC |
| Graphics Card | On-Board graphics
ATI RageXL, 8 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| Performance Measurements | c't h2benchw 3.6 |
| I/O Performance | IOMeter 2003.05.10
Fileserver Benchmark Webserver Benchmark Database Benchmark Workstation Benchmark |
| Software and Drivers | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 1 |
| Platform Drivers | Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025 |
| Graphics Driver | Default Windows Graphics Driver |
Setup For SYSmark2004 SE
| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (Conroe 65 nm, 2.93 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache) |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 2.0
Chipset: Intel 965P, BIOS: F9 |
| Common Hardware | |
| RAM | 2x 1024 MB DDR2-1111 (CL 4.0-4-4-12)
Corsair CM2X1024-8888C4D XMS6403v1.1 |
| Graphics Card | HIS X1900XTX IceQ3
GPU: ATI Radeon X1900XTX (650 MHz) RAM: 512 MB GDDR3 (1550 MHz) |
| Hard Drive I | 150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150
Western Digital WD1500ADFD |
| Hard Drive II | 400 GB, 7,200 RPM, 16 MB Cache, SATA/300
Western Digital WD4000KD |
| DVD-ROM | Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x) |
| Software | |
| ATI Drivers | Catalyst Suite 7.1 |
| Intel Chipset Drivers | Software Installation Utility 8.1.1.1010 |
| Intel RAID Drivers | Matrix Storage Manager 6.2.1.1002 |
| DirectX | Version: 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Operating System | Windows XP, Build 2600 SP2 |
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
| SYSmark | Version 2004 Second Edition
Official Run |
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Great review. This is a very important issue for some people. For me, I don't like getting the most expensive new edge tech when I can get less expensive options. RAID is a very simple technology, but it happens to work better because like all things, more heads do better than one in a thinking contest.
I would have been really impressed if you guys took 4 drives at 7200rpm and low sizes, like 80gig drives, and did a RAID 0 with 4 drives and compared that speed with them. The access time would have been the same, but for the cost, the read and write would have been retarded high and made it look silly.
Then again, your electricity bill may be the difference in the cost, lol.