New LSI 9200 series controllers: 6Gb/s, 2.88 GB/s seq. reads, 1.87 GB/s seq. writes

[NapalmV5]

dont make excuses please: "time consuming" real performance ainta one button benchmark

yes no one has done the tests.. but i guarantee/bet arrays on these controllers are no faster than my 1231/4x jmicrons

[F.E.A.R.]

I want real-world-benches too.
Is it possible to program a tool who can install many apps with one click???

[One_Hertz]

Sorry, I was referring to HDTune in benchmark mode (which is the value that most people quote with the pretty graph), not random access mode (which is obviously random). Are you saying this is 100% random?

Yes, I believe so. Sequential access time would be like 1ms even for HDDs.

[NeedMoMegaHurtZ]

Yes, I believe so. Sequential access time would be like 1ms even for HDDs.

Yes, you are correct and that makes perfect sense. I just ran HDTach on a VR and you can "hear it seek" all over the place

[Serra]

1231 and 4x strong slc ssds decimates these sas controllers @ real apps.. except @ transfer greater than 800mb/s

Did you just claim that your controller and 4 SLC SSD's generically beat "these controllers" (which I guess means the entire 9200 series)? Because I would be confused at that, given you did not state the quantity or type of drive on the 9200 series controller.

The correct argument would be that the 1231 is faster than (any?) 9200 series LSI controller (unless you assume they each get 4x of the same SSD's?) - and either way that seems like it would be a very silly statement to me. It's clear that there are some firmware bugs to work out yet, but I don't doubt that the hardware itself is significantly faster than anyone else's now last-gen tech. Give 'em another 6 months to sort out issues and we'll see how things look then.

[F.E.A.R.]

I´m waiting for a bench with LSI + Acard 9010

[henk53]

It is a next gen RAID card after all. We will probably see better stuff from Areca soon as well.

I'm not really convinced Areca will release any new stuff anytime soon. I have no hard data to back that up as it's just a feeling, but something inside me tells me it may be a couple of years really...

[alfaunits]

<snip can't tell random from seq. </snip>

Thanks for clarifying

Hertz, if latency = 0.1ms in Everest average read access, what's the max random IOps you can expect at queue=4?

[One_Hertz]

Hertz, if latency = 0.1ms in Everest average read access, what's the max random IOps you can expect at queue=4?

On a perfect device in a perfect world? 40k I think.

[tiro_uspsss]

I'm not really convinced Areca will release any new stuff anytime soon. I have no hard data to back that up as it's just a feeling, but something inside me tells me it may be a couple of years really...

exaggerate much?
they'd be out of the business if they waited that long

[Computurd]

Eight Vertex 30 Gb
One LSI-9260-8i
BOOTUP profile i/o meter





Several other mixed in there

This thing beats the PANTS OFF of my areca 1680-ix....hands down.
ALSO all this fuss about the 1231 Card? Cmon how in the world can you really expect to compare a card headed into the past, with a card headed into the future? Especially when it costs more?????
The LSI cards first firmware revision increased small file transfer 20 percent, and more releases of the firmware will be coming shorty. Areca will probably come with something better, at a price twice to three times as much, in Q2 next year, until then, imo this is the card to beat!

[F.E.A.R.]

@ Computurd

You need faster drives.

[Computurd]

Yeah 1.7 GB is not nearly fast enough to watch my super high speed :banana::banana::banana::banana:os! LOL

[NapalmV5]

Eight Vertex 30 Gb
One LSI-9260-8i
BOOTUP profile i/o meter





Several other mixed in there

This thing beats the PANTS OFF of my areca 1680-ix....hands down.
ALSO all this fuss about the 1231 Card? Cmon how in the world can you really expect to compare a card headed into the past, with a card headed into the future? Especially when it costs more?????
The LSI cards first firmware revision increased small file transfer 20 percent, and more releases of the firmware will be coming shorty. Areca will probably come with something better, at a price twice to three times as much, in Q2 next year, until then, imo this is the card to beat!

lol

just how fast is your "futuristic" lsi @ real apps ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvBKB2NndbI



you guys still cant comprehend specs/benches/real apps

[Computurd]

well some of that is going to be related to my processor speed for that, and i dont think that is what we are talking about, lets see a bootup i/o meter run napalm. Not a cpu intensive bench run test....tbh i dont even know how to get that many to run that way, batch file i imagine? enlighten me!
Unfortunately i do not have some LN2 setting around to get to 4.6 LOL
But also yer running XP!!! WOW! that is amazing! My new calculator can load XP too!

[Jor3lBR]

well some of that is going to be related to my processor speed for that, and i dont think that is what we are talking about, lets see a bootup i/o meter run napalm. Not a cpu intensive bench run test....tbh i dont even know how to get that many to run that way, batch file i imagine? enlighten me!
Unfortunately i do not have some LN2 setting around to get to 4.6 LOL
But also yer running XP!!! WOW! that is amazing! My new calculator can load XP too!

Hey Computurd can you run PCMark05 tests: HDD General use and HDD Virus Scan?

Thanks mate and awesome results you have there.

[F.E.A.R.]

Yeah 1.7 GB is not nearly fast enough to watch my super high speed :banana::banana::banana::banana:os! LOL

I mean faster drives for small files, because i beat you

[Computurd]

I am doing some work on my computer tonight, reseating a HS and the NB, but i will be setup hopefully late tonight or early tomorrow then i will be pleased to post those results up.

[Computurd]

Well what type of drives are you using FEAR? I admit, my drives arenty the fastest out there, but i can also tell you that this card COULD go MUCH faster than this if equipped with the right stuff, it doesnt even break a sweat running these benches. The HS on it does not have a fan, and even when running these it is barely warm.....there is a lot of power here...more than i can use....at least until, as you say, i get some NEXT gen stuff!

[F.E.A.R.]

2x Acard 9010 @ Quad-Raid 0...
Where can i find this Bootup-Pattern?

[Jor3lBR]

I mean faster drives for small files, because i beat you

2x Acard 9010 @ Quad-Raid 0...
Where can i find this Bootup-Pattern?

FEAR you're comparing apple with oranges, why do you think that Ramdrives should be slower then regular solid drives?

[Computurd]

it is from the OCZ site, here is the link to the thread itself.. where you will find that pattern near the bottom of the first post

I would love to see your results! I can guarantee that those acards will rape the VERTEX themselves...maybe...but maybe not the controller! What kind of controller do you use?

[F.E.A.R.]

@ Jor3lBR

Slower?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=291



@ Computurd

ARC-1261ML

Do you know what is the raw bandwidth (without cache - or sustained r/w)?

[Computurd]

above fear you see the 4k on crystaldisk that is faster than the one you have linked jor3lbr too, but he also has a very good point, why are you comparing acards to vertex?
as to the question to me, bandwidth of what? explain? the arc-1261? or the LSI?
the 1680ix should beat that there 1261 right-o?

[F.E.A.R.]

The bandwidth (without cache) of the LSI.

I will not compare with flash. I mean you LSI is to be bored (need faster drives) :wink: