Test Setup
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System Hardware | |
Processor | 2 x 3.6 GHz Xeon (Nocona) |
Motherboard | ASUS NCL-DS, BIOS 1005 |
Memory | 2 x 512 MB DDR2-400 Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 |
Graphics | Onboard ATI RageXL, 8MB |
System Hard Drive | WD Caviar WD1200JB, 120 GB |
Test Hard Drives (8x) I | MemoRight MR25.2-064S |
64 GB, Flash SSD, SATA | |
Test Hard Drives (8x) II | Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 |
73 GB, 15,000 RPM, 16 MB Cache, SAS | |
Test Hard Drives (8x) III | Seagate Savvio 10K.2 |
73 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB Cache, SAS | |
RAID Controller | Areca ARC1680 SAS RAID FW:1.45B |
Adaptec 48300 single drive SAS | |
DVD | Gigabyte GO-D1600C |
Software | |
Graphics | Default Windows Graphics Driver |
Chipset | Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025 |
Storage | Version 8.0.0.1039 |
OS | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition |
Benchmarks | |
Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.6 |
PCMark05 V1.01 | |
I/O Performance | IOMeter 2003.05.10 |
Fileserver-Benchmark | |
Webserver-Benchmark | |
Database-Benchmark | |
Workstation-Benchmark | |
Streaming Read and Write Benchmarks |
Controller : Areca ARC-1680ML
We used Areca’s high-end SAS controller, which can run both SAS and SATA drives, as requested by SSDWorld (who provided the samples). We used the latest firmware 1.45B for this review.