Test Hardware And Setup
Adaptec RAID 5805, Fujitsu SAS HDDs
Test Setup
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| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Hardware | Details |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (45nm, 2.66 GHz, 8MB L3 Cache) |
| Motherboard (Socket 1366) | Supermicro X8SAX Revision: 1.1, Chipset: Intel X58 + ICH10R, BIOS: 1.0B |
| RAM | 3 x 1GB DDR3-1333 Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX |
| HDD | Seagate NL35 400GB ST3400832NS, 7,200 RPM, SATA 1.5 Gb/s, 8MB Cache |
| Test HDD (x3) | Fujitsu MBA3147 147GB 15,000 RPM, SAS 3 Gb/s, 16MB Cache |
| RAID Adapter | Adaptec RAID 5805 Eight Port SAS Controller, Firmware Ver. 5.2.0 Build 17544 |
| Adaptec MaxIQ SSD ASM-00603-01-A-R (v2009.3 / v6.3), Intel X25-E 32GB | |
| Power Supply | OCZ EliteXstream 800W OCZ800EXS-EU |
| Benchmarks | |
| I/O Performance | IOMeter 2006.07.27Fileserver-BenchmarkDatabase-BenchmarkWebserver-BenchmarkWorkstation-Benchmark |
| System Software and Drivers | |
| Drivers | 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 |
In order to analyze the benefits of a 32GB cache, we decided to limited the arrays in four increments: 5GB and 25GB capacities ensure that the 32GB cache can still buffer all the data on the hard drive-based RAID array, while 50GB and 100GB array sizes reflect the performance scenario if you’re working with larger arrays.
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