Test Setup, Access Times, Interface
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| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Hardware | Details |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (45 nm, 2.66 GHz, 8MB L2 Cache) |
| Motherboard (Socket 1366) | Supermicro X8SAX Revision: 1.0, 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/150, 8MB Cache |
| Power Supply | OCZ EliteXstream 800W, OCZ800EXS-EU |
| Benchmarks | |
| Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.13PCMark Vantage 1.0 |
| IO Performance | IOMeter 2008.08.18Fileserver-BenchmarkWebstation-BenchmarkWorkstation-BenchmarkStreamingPCMark Vantage 1.0 ReadsStreaming Writes4k Random Reads4k Random Writes |
We decided to compare the RAIDDrive to Fusion-io’s ioDrive and the cheaper ioXtreme, as these can be considered direct competitors, rather than individual flash SSDs. For the sake of comparison, we also added Intel’s X25-M G2 drive.
The .14 to .18 ms access time is clearly longer than what we’ve seen on other flash drives, but still fast enough for most needs.
Interface Bandwidth
We measured almost 1 GB/s peak throughput, faster than any of the other solutions tested here.
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