Test Setup and Transfer Diagrams
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| System Hardware | |
| Processor | 2 x 3.6 GHz Xeon (Nocona) |
| Motherboard | ASUS NCL-DS, BIOS 1005 |
| Memory | 2 x 512 MB DDR2-400 Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 |
| Graphics | Onboard ATI RageXL, 8 MB |
| System Hard Drive | WD Caviar WD1200JB, 120 GB |
| RAID Controller | Promise SATA 300TX4 |
| Adaptec 48300 single drive SAS | |
| DVD | Gigabyte GO-D1600C |
| Software | |
| Graphics | Default Windows Graphics Driver |
| Chipset | Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025 |
| Storage | Version 8.0.0.1039 |
| OS | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition |
| Benchmarks | |
| Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.6 |
| PCMark05 V1.01 | |
| I/O Performance | IOMeter 2003.05.10 |
| Fileserver-Benchmark | |
| Webserver-Benchmark | |
| Database-Benchmark | |
| Workstation-Benchmark | |
| Streaming Read and Write Benchmarks |
Transfer Diagrams
Hitachi maintains a transfer rate of more than 100 MB/s within almost the first 500 GB capacity of the drive.
WD’s Caviar Black provides slightly less throughput, but it scores well when it comes to access time and I/O performance.
