THG Pushes Broadcom's RAIDCore Storage Controller Envelope

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Test SetupProcessor
Socket 604Dual Intel Pentium 4 Xeon, 2.8 GHz, 512 kB Cache, FSB533
System Components
DDR-SDRAM2x 512 MB PC3200 Samsung, ECC, Registered
MotherboardSupermicro X5DPE-G2Intel E7501 Chipset
Graphics CardATI RageXL, 8 MB
Hard DriveSystem drive: Western Digital WD800JBTest drives: RAID 5 array consisting of32x Hitachi HDS722516VLSA80, 160 GB,7,200 rpm, 8 MB Cache
Controller4x Raidcore BC40008 Port
Software
Intel ChipsetIntel Chipset Installation Utility 5.1.1.1002Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition Ver. 3.53
DirectX9.0b
OSWindows XP Professional Build 2600 Service Pack 1
Benchmarks & Settings
I/O PerformanceIOMeter 2003.05.10Fileserver Benchmark PatternWebserver Benchmark PatternDatabase Benchmark PatternWorkstation Benchmark PatternThroughput Benchmark Pattern
Application PerformanceWinbench 99 2.0Disk Winmarks
Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

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.