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By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 2 May 2008

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Test Setup

Page 1: Direct Attached Storage is not Dead Yet
Page 2: Accusys iRAIDer
Page 3: Controller ACS-61020CB
Page 4: AMCC/3Ware Sidecar
Page 5: Hot Swap Bays
Page 6: Controller Comparison Table
Page 7: Test Setup
Page 8: Benchmark Results
Page 9: RAID 1+0 Transfer Rates
Page 10: RAID 0 I/O Performance
Page 11: RAID 10 I/O Performance
Page 12: RAID 5 I/O Performance
Page 13: Conclusion

Test Setup

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