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Looks like 1.46 official is out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nizzen
http://www.areca.com.tw/support/main.htm
You're maxed though already on the basic benchmarks. If you want to see if there are other improvements compare iometer or some other metric old firm vs new.
Make sure you get the latest transport. Transport is not included in the download on 1.46.
Where can I download the transport file?
Do you have a guide how to upgrade the firmware? Can i upgrade the firmware from windows.
On my Adaptec 31605 it works fine to upgrade from windows :)
Edit: Found the transport, but do not know what the transport file does :p
ftp://ftp.areca.com.tw/RaidCards/BIO...680/Transport/
Edit 2: Got my 2gb memory upgrade for the ARC-1680ix and 2 more sas disks yesterday, so hoping for more speed.
The memory is Supertalent STT 2048MB DDR2 533MHz ECC (128x8) Cl 4
That is not entirely true.Quote:
Originally Posted by alfaunits
Adaptec 5805 IOP runs at 1200Mhz while some cards run at 800Mhz using the same IOP.
Obviously running at 2/3 the clocks will produce less heat.
Use 4530 transport.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nizzen
Use the archttp desktop utility to update the firmware.
Suggestion: Hook your card up to your router and use firefox to log into it using the card's IP.
Go to the upgrade firmware section when you log in. Update ALL items (firm, boot, BIOS, mBR, transport) before you reboot.
Don't mess it up or you risk major problems.
noob question guys ?
Does the adaptec 5405 card has IOP348 and 1.2Hz as same as all the 5 series cards ?
Google is you're SLAVE....Quote:
Originally Posted by koc
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/product...ance/SAS-5405/
Well Nizzen??? Any improvements with the new firmware and memory? Post pics if there are any. :D
thank you NizzenQuote:
Originally Posted by Nizzen
OK.
the adaptec 5405 has IOP348 and 1.2Hz , and areca 1210 use IntelR IOP332 I/O processor and 800Mhz with same cash for both (256mb)
So. is the adaptec 5405 better than the areca 1210 ?
Raid-6 with 10x 15k.5
What are the read numbers?
Raid-6 read speed?Quote:
Originally Posted by Speederlander
That really looks like you're using the drive while you're testing it or you have a drive going bad.
I have a fresh install of server 08 R2 on it. Maybe prefetch or superfetch is working :)Quote:
Originally Posted by stevecs
Nizzen, how loud do the drives end up sounding during your work day?
I've managed to find some HP workstations with decent internal SAS storage so I was also thinking of adding something similar to your config but wondered how much of a noise footprint having that many drives in a case under my desk would result in.
Readload is less load than many satadisks :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kevikev
Only the OLD scsi disks where LOUD :yepp:
@ Nizzen
Can't reach 800MB/sec with 8x raid0 mtron 7000 (with ARC-1680ix) - it´s a pity :(
http://www.dvnation.com/vForum/showthread.php?t=68
http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/show...04&postcount=1
http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/show...ghlight=1231ml
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&highlight=ssd
Same with any sata on 1680ix afaik.Quote:
Originally Posted by F.E.A.R.
i.e. IOP348 is optimized only for SAS-Drives :(
Which problems has the intel X-25? (Besides the slow write speed)?Quote:
Originally Posted by [XC] Synthetickiller
I'm considering to buy a 8 port controller for 3x640GB WD Blue Raid5 and 3x1 TB WD Black Raid 5.
Will a ARC 1220 controller be fast enough for the job ? or do i need to look at the new ARC 1222 ?
Not for 1GB/s.!
You can get ~400MB/s. (when cache is full) - not more.
For more bandwidth you need a IOP341/348-controller. (e.g. ARC-1222)
When you use SSDs with your controller, the IOP341-series from Areca is the best compromise.
No Adaptec can beat this controllers. But sadly expensive...
I would like to see a comparisation - ARC-1222 vs. Adaptec 5805
HDTach is useless for testing raidQuote:
Originally Posted by Nizzen
Use ATTO with following settings:
Transfer size : 0,5 to 1024.00
Qeue Depth : 4
Total Lenghts : 64MB
Just teared my computer in bits - awaiting a ton of parts for my new build ; will post 1680ix / ssd results when it is up running again
"Proud owner of Areca 1220, 1230, 1680ix" which all works flawless using OCZ Vertex'es :)
jahh - også fra Norge seff :p
Maybe useless for SSD's, but the post started with SAS drives.Quote:
Originally Posted by Main
HÆÆ ???? HDTach is useless for benching any raidconfiguration no matter if it is ide,sata,sas or ssd disks that are used in the raidarray.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoiler
This HDTach limitation is a well known fact :)