Analysis: Which Enterprise Capacity Point Performs Best?

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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: PCMark Vantage

PCMark Vantage performance is best on the 600GB drive in almost all sections. The differences here are larger than the variances we found in our I/O performance testing.

Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos