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Test Setup And Transfer Diagram

We repeated the throughput test several times, but there was no noticeable difference in transfer rates whether AAM was set to quiet or to fast mode.

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Processor (s) 2x Intel Xeon Processor (Nocona core)
Row 1 - Cell 0 3. 6 GHz, FSB800, 1 MB L2 Cache
Platform Asus NCL-DS (Socket 604)
Row 3 - Cell 0 Intel E7520 Chipset, BIOS 1005
RAM Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 (DDR2-400 ECC, reg. )
Row 5 - Cell 0 2x 512 MB, CL3-3-3-10 Timings
System Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB
Row 7 - Cell 0 120 GB, 7, 200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, UltraATA/100
Mass Storage Controller (s) Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5)
Row 9 - Cell 0 Promise SATA 300TX4
Row 10 - Cell 0 Promise FastTrak TX4310
Row 11 - Cell 0 Driver 2. 06. 1. 310
Networking Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NICv
Graphics Subsystem On-Board Graphics
Row 14 - Cell 0 ATI RageXL, 8 MB
Row 15 - Cell 0 Benchmarks
Performance Measurements c’t h2benchw 3. 6
Row 17 - Cell 0 PCMark05 V1. 01
I/O Performance IOMeter 2003. 05. 10
Row 19 - Cell 0 Fileserver-Benchmark
Row 20 - Cell 0 Webserver-Benchmark
Row 21 - Cell 0 Database-Benchmark
Row 22 - Cell 0 Workstation-Benchmark
Row 23 - Cell 0 System Software& Drivers
OS Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition,
Row 25 - Cell 0 Service Pack 1
Platform Driver Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7. 0. 0. 1025
Graphics Driver Default Windows Graphics Driver