post your hard drive benchmarks :)

[Speederlander]

I bought myself 8GB of A-DATA DDR2-800 and created a 5GB RAMDisk

This drive is used for games but I need a mobo with 16GB limit

Anything bigger and a permanent RAM disk should use ECC RAM. Bit errors will corrupt the data on the volume over time, especially if you are overclocked.

[KELL5]

Anything bigger and a permanent RAM disk should use ECC RAM. Bit errors will corrupt the data on the volume over time, especially if you are overclocked.

Thankyou for the advice, much appreciated

[jcool]

2x Compustocx 128GB MLC SSD (Raid 0, stripe size 128K) on ICH9R (DFI X38):

Write-back cache disabled (left) vs. enabled (right):





Give them a real controller and use 4+ and your system will fly... very similar to OCZ core series (Samsung-based with crappy Jmicron) but I didn't experience any unusual lags yet

[gjeewaytee]

[Mako88]

Intel x-25m:

[Speederlander]

Intel x-25m:

Random reads and writes on that thing?

[biohead]

4 7200rpm 250gb segate hdds, in a Raid 0

you can't be serious? that's about how one drive should be performing.

what seagate drives? 7200.10/11/ES.2?

[Atlantic2142]

Perhaps a bit late... but here are my results.

Cheers

[Nizzen]

Areca 1680ix-12 and 10 Seagate 15k.5 SAS drives

[Spoiler]

WOW Nizzen!

That is the highest average read speed I have ever seen on striped mechanical or SSD drives! The only exception being a RAMdisk.

That is awesome. Good job.

I wonder if there any other raid cards besides the Areca 1680 that would allow that high of read or write speeds.

[bmilos]

Tough act to follow, but...

my 4 ssds in RAID 0

[Lu(ky]

3 x VelociRaptors in a Matrix 300GB slice

[bmilos]

Does this look right? I thought SSD's were less volatile that this...[IMG][/IMG]

[Levish]

they are if you don't have anything installed on them (i.e. OS / Programs) for benching or accessing them (i.e. AV software running), under these circumstances so are traditional hard disks except instead of a slightly wavy line you get a curve going from highest read to lowest on the far side instead.

[bmilos]

they are if you don't have anything installed on them (i.e. OS / Programs) for benching or accessing them (i.e. AV software running), under these circumstances so are traditional hard disks except instead of a slightly wavy line you get a curve going from highest read to lowest on the far side instead.

I am using them as my OS/App drive. Although, HDTune is running from my E drive which is my storage VelociRaptor drive.

[Silver Bullet]

WD 640GB (16MB) in RAID 5 on a RR 3510 controller

[F.E.A.R.]

Who has more IOPS or 4k-results?

Left = read - right = write

[NapalmV5]

^



they need to fix their write tests

after 64k the controller stays throttled @ max for 5+ minutes

[itslogz]

Heres my main drive, WD 250GB Caviar SE 8MB (WD2500AAJS) (Slow boy) Q9550@3.6ghz Its way past due for a reformat, going on this format for about 2 years now... lol

[itslogz]

Oh and heres my storage drive forgot about that one, little faster than my main, its a WD 1TB 16MB Cache (WD10EACS) same cpu/speed etc... Its got a fresh format as well.

[F.E.A.R.]

@ Napalm

Which drives - Supertalent with Areca-Cache? (512k or 2GB?)
At write i see the typical write-deficiency of MLC.

Can you run read and write without cache, too? Please!

[NapalmV5]

@ F E A R

response here:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/...7&postcount=91

[sniperbob]

My two drives for comparison.

WD Caviar 160GB IDE



and my WD 74GB Raptor ]



I have another 74GB Raptor, and me-thinks I will be trying some Raid setups soon...

[Speederlander]

and my WD 74GB Raptor ]



I have another 74GB Raptor, and me-thinks I will be trying some Raid setups soon...

Did I miss something or does that raptor seem a tad...off.

[Speederlander]

Perhaps a bit late... but here are my results.

Cheers

That seems too low for 3x mtron 7500's. I have 2 and I get 240. I expect on #3 to have 360 no problem. They seem to scale up perfectly until you hit the limit of your controller.