Iīm ready for the fight!!!
16x Kingston ValueRAM DIMM 2GB PC2-6400U CL6 (DDR2-800) (KVR800D2N6/2G) :yepp:
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Iīm ready for the fight!!!
16x Kingston ValueRAM DIMM 2GB PC2-6400U CL6 (DDR2-800) (KVR800D2N6/2G) :yepp:
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So.. today I hooked up my ANS-9010(using both ports) and my 2 ANS-9010B in RAID0. The speeds were....wait for it... 702MB/sec on HD Tach. I couldn't tell the difference in speed between this setup and my 1 ANS-9010 using both ports. It booted in about the same time, copying was a lot faster, that was about it. I'd post the benchmark results, but I deleted them on accident :(. Grr.
Which controller?
Look this test with ICH9R, Areca ARC-1210 and ARC-1231ML (german)
http://www.hyperossystems.de/Erfahru...perdrive_5.pdf
*Update*
Well, I now own a 9010 and 2x9010B models. I decided to buy my first CF card for one of my 9010B drives since it was going to be the boot drive for my server. Got a Kingston 16GB card (only have 12GB of RAM in it). Plugged it in, and the backup light turned green, hinting that all is well. That was a mistake assuming all was well. I decided to move my server into another room. After getting it there, I looked and the light was blinking and all seemed right. However things were about to go wrong.
Due to a busy day, I decided not attempt to plug the computer back in and boot it up. I woke up this morning and noticed that all 4 battery lights were still lit. I was shocked as the battery isn't supposed to last 12 hours. When I got home from work, again all 4 lights were still lit. I just plugged in the computer and turned it on. Surprise! There's no data on the drive. The backup light is red. Not happy right now as I didn't make an Acronis image because it all seemed okay until the next morning when I woke up to find 4 lights lit.
There is a firmware update for the ANS-9010B (of course, the website says it's 'Beta' and to not install it until it has been thoroughly tested). There is also a software tool for download. Again, with a catch. The drive cannot have any partitions on it per the instructions with the software tool. Note the underline. It tells you to backup the data (obviously as a warning), but it also tells you that you cannot have a partition on the drive. The software tool allows you to test the RAM to verify compatibility. I see no ability to test the functionality of the CF card, so my situation is still not solvable.
Currently, I'm stuck with having to reload Windows Server 2003, and now I have a CF card that I am unable to prove will work in a 9010B. Guess for me I'm lucky enough to have a spare 9010B, so I'll be duplicating data from 1 to the other to determine what the heck is wrong.
My advice: Be sure to back up your data, and not trust the CF feature. Someone else in this thread had a similar issue where their CF just wouldn't work. I'd expect that if the backup failed then I'd see the red backup light BEFORE I turn the computer back on, and I'd see the battery level drain slowly to zero while the battery powered the RAM. It appears that what happens when power is lost is the CF backup starts.
If the CF backup fails for any reason then the battery just gives up completely, dumps the contents of your RAM and sits there with 4 power lights on. Not the kind of design I'd call 'high reliability'. I'd expect a big fat red backup light telling me something is wrong and the battery power the RAM until the battery died. This obviously isn't the case because my server sat with all 4 lights on and the computer was unplugged for almost 24 hours before I finally got it reconnected.
Edit:
After giving up for about 45 mins I turned the computer off. 1 light is currently lit for the battery power. Remember, I had 4 lights lit for the last 24 hours.
My ANS-9010 is rev 3.1 hardware, not the newer 3.3 I wonder if the CF functionality is improved/fixed on the 3.3 hardware? I am pretty sour about the level of technical advice provided by ACARD about the CF problem. I think I just straight up have a lemon of a drive in the CF department. Other than that, it's a great 32GB ram drive.
Wade
Just burnt the new firmware... seems to have eliminated my problem with the ECC function causing corruption with my ICH9R, although, I also recently updated the BIOS on my Supermicro C2SBX. Anyway, no real performance gain or loss. CF backup still AWOL (grrrr...). I don't htink I will ever figure out why it just stopped working.
Wade
Well, I still can not run the ans-9010 for any length of time with the ACARD "homemade" ECC function enabled. I always get aan impending drive failure warning after a few startups and shutdowns, and the BIOS shows one of the drives with an error at boottime. All of this goes away if I disable the ECC functionality. And.... I seem to have no CF backup ability whatsoever still. Oh well, It's fast?
Wade
I hope to get my 2x Acard 9010 soon.
Hm... The Xtreme-Server loose my posts :rolleyes:
My first benches with my new 2x Acard 9010 (Hyperdrive 5) @ ARC-1261D-ML (2GB ECC-Ram)... :p
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I think, this is my maximum...
Left with 128k Stripesize - right mit 4k Stripesize...
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Both with 128k Stripes...
http://www.abload.de/img/hc_595d0n0.jpg http://www.abload.de/img/hc_59698qp.jpg
With 4k Stripes and Workstation-Pattern...
http://www.abload.de/img/hc_597q3mc.jpg
All benches with ASUS Striker II Extreme 790i (Stripesize 128k)
Left 1x HD5 @ Raid 0 - right 2x HD5 @ Raid 0
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All benches with 2x HD5 @ raid 0
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Old (2x Hama/Mobi 3000 + ARC-1210)
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New (2x Acard 9010/HD5 + ARC-1261D-ML)
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those are pretty insane.
new better/improved controller based ram disk from acard any time soon ?
Hm? No the same components. I post the results again (because the xtreme-server loose my data)
Maybe i try to run 2 Arecaīs @ Raid 0 under windows (like LVM2 with Linux). http://jdevelopment.nl/hardware/one-dvd-per-second/
But i donīt know what is to do.
Thread has slowed a bit I see.... :) Still love my 9010... want more speed...
Just installed the 2.00 firmware... waht a pain to drop to "sata ide mode" just to upgrade the firmware. No noticeable differences in performance. Release notes claim an decrease in CF card backup times... not running CF card backup currently to confirm...
Wade
Bump for SATA 6G?
Any sign of new hardware on the horizon? :D
I hope the new version will come more relayable.
My first 9010B died after 1 month of usage. The unit refused to backup to CF.
Yesterday, I tested the replacement. Worked fine, and did the backup by itself (after power loss) But no way I can restore the data from CF :brick:
Testing the CF in a card reader, it shows me MBR 7,2GB RAW (GB CF).
Without any data (not formated, just power on from external PSU)it backs up and also restores from CF, but shows me different numbers: MBR 7,8GB RAW. After setting up Raid0, format and OPSYS install, I have the same problem - does not restore. :confused:
Actually. I'm not confused, I am :censored:
Any new SATA\6Gb info? I'd love to see how this compares to the new C300s from Crucial!
Anyone notice the ANS-9010BA has been released? The only thing I see different from the ANS-9010 is that the website claims IOPS 130,000 per SATA port.
http://www.acard.com/german/fb01-pro...&type1_idno=10
Yeah I saw that. I've been interested in these for so long, but the original rep that was posting in here stopped. I wanted to see if they're planning on changing firmware to 6Gb/s or what. Right now the other standard SSDs that are coming out are faster, which makes no sense.
If you're looking at raw performance, you're correct. However, when it comes to longevity, SSDs have limited writes per cell and the ANS-9010 series has no such limit.
It's all about the right tool for the right job. I use my ANS-9010 to crunch CEP WUs for WCG. They are extremely heavy on disk I/O. I wouldn't dare do the same on an SSD unless I was trying to kill it.
I doubt it's physically possible for a firmware update to suddenly make it 6Gb/sec. Not to mention that the manufacturer would be better off marketing a whole new product line with "NEW SATA III SUPPORT" and sell a bunch more product.