Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition,Service Pack 1
Platform Driver
Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025
Graphics Driver
Default Windows Graphics Driver
We used eight Seagate NL35 drives for benchmarking. These are based on 7200.8 technology, but validated for 24/7 operation, and support NCQ.Benchmark Results
Due to the lack of a serious benchmarking utility that would properly support either the large array size of 2 TB or RAID arrays in general, we decided to primarily focus on I/O performance.
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Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.