Thecus N4100 Brings Storage Space To Your LAN
Test Setup
Hardware | |
---|---|
Processor | 2x Intel Xeon, 3.6 GHz1 MB L2 Cache (Nocona) |
Motherboard | Asus NCL-DSIntel E7520 ChipsetBIOS 1005 |
Memory | 2x 512 MB DDR2-400 Corsair ECC RegisteredCL 3-3-3-10 |
Controller PATA/USB | Intel 82801EB (ICH5) |
Controller SCSI | Adaptec AIC-7902B Ultra320 |
Controller SATA | Silicon Image Sil3124 4xPort SATA Controller |
Graphics Card | ATI RageXL , 8 MB |
Network | Broadcom BMC5721 PCIe Gigabit LAN Controller |
OS | Windows Server 2003Service Pack 1 |
Benchmarks | |
Performance measurements | Robocopy 1.96 |
Drivers & Settings | |
Graphics Driver | Windows Default Driver |
IDE Driver | Intel INF Drivers 7.0.0.1025 |
DirectX version | 9.0c |
Resolution | 1024x768, 32 Bit, 85 Hz |
Benchmark Results : Real-World Data Throughput
Since it is very difficult to use conventional benchmarking software on network drives, we opted for a small copying program. Our test consisted of copying several 1 GB files from a fast dedicated server to the N4100 and vice versa.
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