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.
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