Test Setup, Access Time, Throughput
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| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Hardware | Details |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (45 nm, 2.66 GHz, 8MB L2 Cache) |
| Motherboard (Socket 1366) | Supermicro X8SAX Revision: 1.0 Chipset Intel X58 + ICH10R BIOS: 1.0B |
| RAM | 2 GB DDR3-1333 Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX |
| System HDD | Seagate NL35 400 GB ST3400832NS 7,200 RPM, SATA/150, 8 MB |
| Power Supply | OCZ EliteXstream 800W OCZ800EXS-EU |
| Benchmarks | |
| Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.12PCMark Vantage 1.0 |
| I/O Performance | IOMeter 2006.07.27Fileserver-BenchmarkWebserver-BenchmarkWorkstation-BenchmarkDatabase-BenchmarkStreaming ReadsStreaming Wirtes |
| System Software and Drivers | |
| Drivers | Details |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 |
| Intel Chipset | 9.1.0.1007 |
| AMD Graphics | Radeon 8.12 |
| Intel Storage Drivers | Matrix Storage Drivers 8.7.0.1007 |
Access Time
Both RAID arrays shorten the average access time by a significant amount. While an individual Samsung Spinpoint F1 1 TB drive averages a 13.8 ms access time, the RAID 0 and RAID 5 arrays drop access times to 10.1 and 10.4 ms.
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