post your hard drive benchmarks :)

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Originally Posted by tomb18

Hey Ekky

I just installed 2 15K Seagate 73g
Gb drives and my numbers are just slightly higher than yours. Are there any tuning parameters anywhere in the Marvell SAS raid?
Also HD Tune has a burst rate of only 85mb/s but HD Tack gives results similar to yours. Any ideas?

Thanks

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You running in winXP? seems that the marvel controler runs better in vista than XP...
I'm running in XP and hdtune burstrate also same with yours... but when i run in vista it becomes much higher scores... around 3k on HDDtach n 1xx on HDtune..

Vista 64

Hi there guys, I've just upgraded my disk system, so I thought I'd include a few screen shots :) Its IBM's 73Gb 15k SAS drives, 6 in Raid 0 on a Adaptec 5805 card :) I'm trying to find two more to make 8 :D
Anyways, here's some results:

PC Mark 05 HD Tests (Might try Vantage a bit later)
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7619/pcmark05hdd.jpg

CrystalDiskMark 2.2 (100Mb)
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/562...rk22jpg100.jpg

HD Tune Write
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/74/6xhdtunewrite.jpg

HD Tune Random Write
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/534...andomwrite.jpg

HD Tune File Benchmark
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/447...ebenchmark.jpg

I've done a few more if you'd like them posted as well :)

@ phill

Ok, now try CrystalDiskMark with 1000MB ;)

velocirapor 300gb

Linear read test Areca 1680ix + 5 Vertex ssd

More ssd drives did not help :(

http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/p...ssdeverest.jpg

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Originally Posted by Nizzen

Linear read test Areca 1680ix + 5 Vertex ssd

More ssd drives did not help :(

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Would you mind trying testing with the specs in the Intel IOmeter thread? I'm thinking you might be pleasantly surprised even if your peak numbers don't go up with more than five disks in this test, assuming the limitation is peak bandwidth and not amount of IOPs handled by a even bigger array or MB/sec of different queue depths @ 4k random writes.

The link to the thread I'm talking about
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=167857
I would personally love to see if the BW cap means anything at all in situations where you probably aren't bandwidth limited at all.

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Originally Posted by phill

Hi there guys, I've just upgraded my disk system, so I thought I'd include a few screen shots :) Its IBM's 73Gb 15k SAS drives, 6 in Raid 0 on a Adaptec 5805 card :) I'm trying to find two more to make 8 :D
Anyways, here's some results:


I've done a few more if you'd like them posted as well :)

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Just seems pointless to me anymore. You can just buy 2 SSD's and be done with it. Draw about 1 watt of power, quiet and hardly any heat!

Drop a VelociRaptor for storage and you're done!

No bench - it´s real! :toast:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...2&postcount=72

Here's a raid5 I just set up for storing files/backup images and digitizing my dvd/cd collection ,

areca 1222 and 8x WD 500gb Green Power drives.

http://i43.tinypic.com/288caj8.jpg

Also couple intel X25-M SSD's running on the onboard ich10 of my gaming rig. (no room for raid card w/ my tri-sli :( )

http://i42.tinypic.com/24oxcia.png

Summary: OCZ Vertexes in RAID-0 outperform WD Raptors in RAID-0 by a factor of four.

Both RAID block sizes are set to 128k, because the X38 onboard RAID controller doesn't allow larger sizes.

Pay close attention to the scale of the graphs. They are very different.


My first test was using HD Tach in compatibility mode. I like HD Tach, but it made me nervous to use it in compatibility mode.

Vertex Results:

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...7/Vertexes.jpg


Raptor Results:

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...77/Raptors.jpg


Then, I ran an Everest "read suite" test on both:

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...tReadSuite.jpg


Finally, I did an HD Tune on both volumes using the default 64k chunk size (let me know if any of you want different chunk sizes tested; these can dramatically affect performance in RAID-0)

Vertex Results (notice the access times pegged at the bottom):

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...4KVertexes.jpg


Raptor Results (not sure about the down-spike):

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...64KRaptors.jpg


Finally, you can see that all of Vista with drivers installed leaves plenty of room for other stuff on the SSDs. Note that the Raptors are currently empty (perfect place for program files) and that I have a networked drive for all media/backup stuff in case my RAIDs die. Also, note the 80GB drive (e:\), whose sole function is to handle the pagefile.

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...Capture-49.jpg


New benchie with 512 byte-size blocks in HD Tune:

Vertexes:

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...512kblocks.jpg

Raptors:

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...512kblocks.jpg

6 500GB Seagates 500GB partitions and a Highpoint 4320

Partition #1
http://i41.tinypic.com/2dgwax1.jpg
Partition #2

http://i43.tinypic.com/33jtgrp.jpg

2x Acard 9010 (Hyperdrive 5) @ ARC-1261D-ML (2GB ECC-Ram)

http://www.abload.de/img/hc_585j50g.jpg http://www.abload.de/img/hc_586q787.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/hc_58722jc.jpg http://www.abload.de/img/hc_588j7rb.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/hc_59053mp.jpg http://www.abload.de/img/hc_591w6sb.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/hc_589y5z6.jpg http://www.abload.de/img/hc_5928l5g.jpg


I think, this is my maximum...

Left with 128k Stripesize - right mit 4k Stripesize...

http://www.abload.de/img/hc_594o3tf.jpg http://www.abload.de/img/hc_5988337.jpg


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

@F.E.A.R: That was ridiculous! You keep posting scores like that nobody will dare to post their benchies! :p:

Here's my slowass 4x VelociRaptor array (raid0) on a Areca 1100 (PCI-x)
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4...1100042509.jpg

New results from the last time. I added two more Fujitsu MBA3147RCs and made a RAID-10.

4 x Fujitsu MBA3147RC 147GB 15K RPM SAS in RAID-10
Dell/LSI PERC5/i PCIe SAS Controller

http://www.pcrpg.org/pics/computer/4...c5i_raid10.png

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Originally Posted by Dostoyevsky77

Summary: OCZ Vertexes in RAID-0 outperform WD Raptors in RAID-0 by a factor of four.

Both RAID block sizes are set to 128k, because the X38 onboard RAID controller doesn't allow larger sizes.

Pay close attention to the scale of the graphs. They are very different.


My first test was using HD Tach in compatibility mode. I like HD Tach, but it made me nervous to use it in compatibility mode.

Vertex Results:(SNIP!)

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Here's a picture. Two of them fit in a single 3.5" bay.

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e..._1024x768_.jpg

Single OCZ Vertex 120GB on SB750, trusty native IDE mode

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7613/ssdattocryst.jpg
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6216/hdtackssd.jpg

sorry about covering up access time graph on one of them!

2x RAID0 Seagate Cheetah 146GB 15K.5 SAS @ Adaptec ICP5805BL 256MB cache, 256KB stripe, 8MB zones
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5491/99956515.jpg

3x RAID0 Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.11 SD1A (x2), 7200.12 (x1), quarter-stroked, 128KB stripe, 8MB zones
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/162/intelraid1.jpg


My first post! :D

6x WD640 Black in raid0 With intel onboard raid controller

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/922...meterintel.png

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/176...ccesreadin.png

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/627...cceswritei.png

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/117...writeintel.png

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/846...0readintel.png

Mother Foxconn Blood Rage

4x Velociraptors in raid0 with Areca 1210SA

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/295...meterareca.png

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/130...ccesreadar.png

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/274...cceswritea.png

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/274...cceswritea.png

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/383...writeareca.png

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/194...0readareca.png

:shocked:

4*MAXTOR STM3160813AS= 120$

=http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3707/bench.png


:D

Here's my raptor and RAID0 results.

http://i44.tinypic.com/2hyhzr6.png

Cheers

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:shocked:

4*MAXTOR STM3160813AS= 120$

:D

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Try HDtune 3.50 (Random Access) and IOmeter (Workstation) ;)
And maybe PCmark 05 or PCmark Vantage. (HDD-Suite)

Here a software-raid (2x HD5) with Vista x64

http://img2.abload.de/img/softoqqe.jpg


IOmeter/Workstation with 256 outstanding IOs (means heavy load)

http://www.abload.de/thumb/soft2xwtt.jpg http://www.abload.de/img/soft4w0v5.jpg

1st post Raid 0 2x Samsung SpinPoint P120S 250GB

So i did this. Changing the PCI starting at 100, 106, 108, 109, 100 and 112
I would think from the results that 110 is better,

PCI at 100
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/183/100pci.png
By neo_rtr at 2009-05-21
PCI at 106
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2108/106pci.png
By neo_rtr at 2009-05-21

PCI at 108
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2235/108pci.png
By neo_rtr at 2009-05-21

PCI at 109
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8333/109pci.png
By neo_rtr at 2009-05-21

PCI at 110
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/671/110pci.png
By neo_rtr at 2009-05-21

PCI at 112
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7338/112pci.png
By neo_rtr at 2009-05-21