Changing Of The Guard: 2.5” Hard Drives In The Enterprise
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Page 1:2.5” Drives In The Enterprise
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Page 2:Flash Everywhere?
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Page 3:2.5” Vs. 3.5”: Drive Examples
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Page 4:2.5” Vs. 3.5” Performance And Power
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Page 5:2.5” Vs. 3.5”: Capacities And Cost
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Page 6:Rackmount Servers
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Page 7:Special Solutions And Blade Servers
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Page 8:Test Setup And Transfer Diagrams
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Page 9:Benchmark Results: Throughput And Interface
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Page 10:Benchmark Results: I/O Performance And Access Time
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Page 11:Benchmark Results: PCMark Application Performance
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Page 12:Benchmark Results: Temperature, Power, And Efficiency
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Page 13:Conclusion
Test Setup And Transfer Diagrams
| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Hardware | Details |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (45 nm, 2.66 GHz, 8MB Shared L3 Cache) |
| Motherboard (Socket 1366) | Supermicro X8SAX Revision: 1.1; Chipset: Intel X58 + ICH10R; BIOS: 1.0B |
| RAM | 3GB DDR3-1333 Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX |
| System HDD | Seagate NL35 400GB ST3400832NS; 7,200 RPM, SATA 1.5 Gb/s, 8MB Cache |
| Test HDDs | 3.5” 15,000 RPM (Fujitsu MBA3147RC) 2.5” 10,025 RPM (Toshiba MBF2600RC) |
| Power Supply | OCZ EliteXstream 800W OCZ800EXS-EU |
| Benchmarks | |
| Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.12 PCMark Vantage 1.0 |
| I/O Performance | IOMeter 2006.07.27 Fileserver-Benchmark Webserver-Benchmark Database-Benchmark Workstation-Benchmark Streaming Reads Streaming Writes |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| Driver | Details |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 |
| Intel Chipset | Chipset Installation Utility 9.1.0.1007 |
| AMD Graphics | Radeon 8.12 |
| Intel Matrix Storage | 8.7.0.1007 |
Summary
- 2.5” Drives In The Enterprise
- Flash Everywhere?
- 2.5” Vs. 3.5”: Drive Examples
- 2.5” Vs. 3.5” Performance And Power
- 2.5” Vs. 3.5”: Capacities And Cost
- Rackmount Servers
- Special Solutions And Blade Servers
- Test Setup And Transfer Diagrams
- Benchmark Results: Throughput And Interface
- Benchmark Results: I/O Performance And Access Time
- Benchmark Results: PCMark Application Performance
- Benchmark Results: Temperature, Power, And Efficiency
- Conclusion
