what are you using for those insane speeds, which ssd's?
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what are you using for those insane speeds, which ssd's?
I have 4 * intel x25-v r0 on 9260-4i. Anyone knows what lines in megacli output show that you have fastpath properly installed?
mbreslin said "The way to know for sure is to download megacli (link), then in an elevated command prompt type MegaCli fwtermlog Dsply –a0 > fw.log. In the log you will see something about upgrade key being detected, if you don't I would contact LSI. So I guess as your log states "Upgrade Key was detected" it is properly installed.
Thank you. I saw that. But i'm not seeing any difference in numbers when i run hdtune. I'm not
Familier with other tools. In my opinion i should see atleast little improvement in read?? Hope someone can help.
There are 3 two pin connectors onthe controller. JT8, jt9, jt10.
I installed fp key on jt8 (modular raidkey header)
Hope its the right spot. I checked computurd's picture.
Solaris,
HDTune is not the right tool for checking/testing the performance of the LSI controller.
You might be able to spot the difference using AS SSD, CDM.
What you should use is iometer.
Thank you. I will try other tool. I'm yet to have os on it.
Im anxious to see this. I got my 3rd ocz 50gb vertex and just simply did the optimal stripe setting from the lsi bios.
so i have 3 x 50 gb vertex2's on the 92604i now. This baby is finally starting to purr.
I'll post some ss tonight.
Trans, how will you do benching?
Im using what I know. Atto, crystal disk mark with all 0xFF (1 fill) and AS ssd.
Id love to learn how to set up iometer so I can compare with everyone else in the thread.
I get this one:Quote:
Originally Posted by mbreslin
Exit Code: 0x00
Firmware Term Log Information on controller 0:
T0: LSI ROC firmware
T0: Copyright(C) LSI Corporation, 2010
T0: Firmware version 2.70.03-0862 built on May 05 2010 at 18:12:27
T0: *** HW Encryption Disabled : dcrReg=80000001
T0: setAdapterResetTime: CCR_MISC_CFG 8002ff2c
T0: DRAM_LOCAL_BASE: 80000000
T0: MEM_FIXED_SIZE: 1100000
T0: FW_DRAM_REGION_START: 81100000
T0: FW_DRAM_REGION_SIZE: 2200000
T0: MEM_POOL_BASE: 822623a8
T0: Initializing memory pool size=0109DC58 bytes
T0: Press '!' within 3 seconds to enter debugger before INIT
T3: EepromInit: Invalid CRC in ROM
T3: Crc error detected. Checking multi One wire device Network..
T3: Searching Raid Keys
T3: One Wire Devices detected e50000035bd60433 7700000349ffbc33
T3: Successfully read authenticated first page data for first Raid Key
T3: Successfully read authenticated first page data for Primary Raid Key
T3: EepromInit: Family=33, SN=bcff49030000
T3: EepromInit: Family=33, SN=04d65b030000
T3: Primary Key: Security disabled
T3: Upgrade Key: Security is not supported even though Upgrade Key was detected
T3: Primary Key: EnableSnapshot disabled
T3: Upgrade Key: Snapshot is not supported even though Upgrade Key was detected
T3: Primary Key: CTIO disabled
T3: Upgrade Key: CTIO is supported
T3: Primary Key: SSC disabled
T3: Upgrade Key: SSC is not supported even though Upgrade Key was detected
T3: Authenticating RAID key: Done!
T3: CFGI firmware version 5.0.0.1
T3: Nvdata version 2.04.03-0002 built on Apr 01 2010 at 11:52:59
******************UPdate
this is my 1st shot at iometer with the help of lowfat. he pointed me to guilars's post that inlcudes the zip on post 82
this is the 1w config in the zip file:
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...1ofguilars.jpg
this is the 4w config.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...wofguilars.jpg
is this any decent?
my settings are
3x 50gb vertx2 raid 0 32kb stripe
9260-4i with fp key
win server2008 sp2 64bit bios
ncq enabled
no read ahead
write through
direct io
r/w
disk cache enabled
bkgrd init disabled
power settings in windows turn off hdd/ NEVER
indexing off
ahci on
super and prefetch are off.
ran perfect disk 11 free up space
and as cleaner with FF box checked
any other settings I should change to get better performance lemme know.
I'm stil playing with stripe sizes.
also note that the 9260 is in the 4x slot and not the 8x slot.
Ill try the x8 slot and bench again.
Trans Am.
60-65' iops is what I get (on a bad day) using 2R0 Intels.
Disable the disk caching policy, align at 4KB (in the iometer profile), you might be able to go beyond 100' iops using 3R0 Vertex 2. (90'++)
Forget about Tony Trim, it will degrade the performance on these drives.
(it sort-of works on the old Vertex though, never ever use that procedure on any of the new drives)
+1 to Anvil. The only way to reset most drives is info wiping secure erase with HDDErase 3.3. I tried Tony TRIM on x-18/25m G1 and no improvement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anvil
Bumping this old thread to mention I've got my 9260+fastpath key+cables on fleabay. breslin is in the seller name, card+key is a beast I just wanted to see how high I could go benching with it, now I need to support my rc airplane/helicopter habit. :)
this makes me teary eyed, l;ove this old thread, and now your leaving!
fine then.
:)
This thread was a lot of fun and I learned a lot, someone else can have fun with my drives/cards. :)
I'm down to a meager 3x 256gb c300 r0 on ich10r. How will I ever survive on this sluggish setup.
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/y...KE/Capture.png
And it's gone! Someone got a steal on my 9260, card/fp key/cables 365$
:)
well that person is lucky. damn shame for you sir. i sold my 9260 for 550 on the forums. no cables :)Quote:
And it's gone! Someone got a steal on my 9260, card/fp key/cables 365$
as long as your happy though, no big deal :)