IDE Training Course, Part 3: Using RAID

Test Configuration

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Test System
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4, 2.26 GHz, 256 kB L2 cache (Northwood)
MotherboardAsus P4B533845E chipset
RAM256 MB DDR/PC2100, CL2Infineon
IDE controlleri845E UltraDMA/100-Controller (ICH4)HighPoint RocketRAID 4044 Channel UltraATA/133 RAID
Graphics cardNVIDIA GeForce3, 64 MB
Network3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
Operating systemsWindows XP Pro 5.10.2600
Benchmarks and Measurements
Office applicationsZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk Winmark 1.2
High-end applicationsZD WinBench 99 - Highend Disk Winmark 1.2
Performance testHD Tach 2.61PC Mark 2002, HD Test
I/O performanceIntel I/O-Meter
Drivers and Settings
Graphics driverNVIDIA reference driver 29.42
IDE driverIntel Application Accelerator 2.2HighPoint RAID driver 1.21
DirectX version8.1
Screen resolution1024x768, 16 bit, 85 Hz refresh

Test Results

Data Transfer Performance

The tests of the transfer rates show that a RAID 0 array can clearly rake in points over a single drive when it comes to writing.