Analysis: Which Enterprise Capacity Point Performs Best?

Features
By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
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SSDs are best for performance. SATA hard drives provide maximum capacity. Enterprise-class SAS disks are the workhorses positioned between them. But which enterprise hard drive capacity makes sense when there are several from which to choose?

Benchmark Results: Access Time And I/O Performance

I/O Performance

The I/O perfomance results are very close, but the 300GB model wins. Therefore, optimizing performance with short stroking should provide maximum results on the 300GB drive.

Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos