Test Setup And Benchmarks
Although the NS4300N supports jumbo frames, we chose not to implement this feature. All tests were carried out over a Gigabit network, and our reference platform was used to execute the benchmarks. Details regarding the hardware configuration can be found in the table below.
System Hardware | |
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Intel Platform (LGA 775) | Asus P5E3 Deluxe, Rev.1.03G |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Intel X38, BIOS : 0810 (02/11/2007) |
CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (65 nm Conroe core) @ 2.26 GHz |
RAM | 2x 1024 MB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600 |
eSATA controller | JMicron JMB363 |
System Hard Drive | Seagate Barracuda 7200.9, 160 GB |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | 7,200 rpm, SATA/300, 8 MB Cache |
Test Hard Drives | 4x Samsung Spinpoint HD321KJ, 320GB |
Row 8 - Cell 0 | 7,200 rpm, SATA/300, 16 MB Cache |
DVD-ROM | Samsung SH-D163A , SATA 1.5 Gbps |
Graphics Card | Gigabyte Radeon HD 3850 GV-RX385512H |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | GPU: 670 MHz, Memory: 512 MB DDR3 (830 MHz, 256 Bit) |
Sound Card | Integrated |
Power Supply | Cooler Master RS-850-EMBA, ATX 12V V2.2, 850 Watt |
The firmware used on the NAS has the following version number 01.04.0000.11.
Operating system | Windows Vista Enterprise SP1 |
DirectX 10 | DirectX 10 (Vista-Standard) |
DirectX 9 | Version : April 2007 |
Graphics driver | ATI Radeon Version 7.12 |
Intel chip set driver | Version 6.9.1.1001 (20/02/2008) |
JMicron chip set driver | Version 1.17.15.0 (24/03/2007) |
Intel NAS Performance Toolkit
We tested the Promise NS4300N using the Intel NAS Performance Toolkit. A more detailed description of the benchmark can be found in the article on NAS testing procedures.