1,000 GB: Three Samsung TB Drives

Workstation I/O Performance per Watt

In this test we first look at the I/O performance under workstation-like environments, focusing on the maximum number of I/O operations per second. The results don’t come unexpected, of course. The Spinpoint F RAID wins, the Spinpoint F is second, and the EcoGreen F provides the lowest transaction performance for workstations.

However, the picture drawn by our power consumption testing is entirely different. The EcoGreen F consumes the least power for the given tasks, while the others require similar amounts of power. Putting performance and power requirements into relation changes the picture, though.

As the performance disadvantage of the EcoGreen F drive isn’t as large as the power savings, it actually reaches far better power efficiency for workstation-type I/O operations. The energy-efficient drive clearly delivers more workstation I/O operations per watt.