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

[F.E.A.R.]

Not the fastest system, but a better HDD-Score

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...60&postcount=6

[Nizzen]

Not the fastest system, but a better HDD-Score

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...60&postcount=6

Try pcmark vantage. I think you can to well in that test

[F.E.A.R.]

[Nizzen]

hmm.. I got over 100k

[Ao1]

Guys I was looking at the test reports that Principled Technologies carried out for Intel. The test report sets out methodologies and test parameters such as “seasoning” the drives so that the results are correct and repeatable.

If you guys are going for a benchmark shoot out don’t you first need to agree exactly how you are going to test?

Here is how Principled Technologies benchmarked sdd’s vs hdd http://download.intel.com/design/fla...Comparison.pdf

[Computurd]

#9 in the HOF
http://www.futuremark.com/community/...pcmarkvantage/

512k stripe!

[F.E.A.R.]

hmm.. I got over 100k

Sorry, but i can´t believe that.
I compared my HDD-Tests (post #203) with yours http://service.futuremark.com/result...eResultType=18


me - you

HDD - importing pictures to

391 vs. 346


HDD - Windows Media

950 vs. 598


HDD - gaming

281 vs. 264


HDD - adding music to Windows

280 vs. 193


HDD - Windows Defender

378 vs. 284


HDD - application loading

364 vs. 417 (point for you)

[Computurd]

yea what gives!!???

[Nizzen]

F.E.A.R. :

Try me

HDD Test Suite 112441

http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ac...post&id=320554

[Computurd]

nizzen you are still running around posting intentionally altered results? LOL due yer classic!

[Speederlander]

nizzen you are still running around posting intentionally altered results? LOL due yer classic!

what?

[Nizzen]

nizzen you are still running around posting intentionally altered results? LOL due yer classic!

Can you explain?

[justin_c]

Anybody got this running under (Open)Solaris?

[Jor3lBR]

Can you explain?

I think what Compu means with that is "scores that cannot be submitted as valid for Futuremark database."

[Computurd]

Yes that is the gist of what my statement means, also, it has been demonstrated in another thread just exactly how easy it is to make these benches say whatever you want them too, using MFT and cache adjustments, you can make anything put out unreal numbers that are physically impossible.

[Mastakilla]

Hi all,

Soon I'll be getting a new PC.

In it there will come a RAID 5 of Seagate Barracuda LPs of 1,5TB.
4 to start with, later it will become 8...

The Barracude LPs are 5900rpm HDs, so as you can guess: I'm not going for benchmark speed records :p
I will get a single Intel 160GB SSD for the OS, which will do the really speedy stuff (a lot later I may buy more SSDs and who knows, put them in RAID as well)

My main objective of the RAID 5 is to have a (relatively) speedy filesystem that is reliable, easy and maintenance free...
With speedy I mean that it needs to be a lot faster then single normal HDs in all cases (I'm now used to a RAID 0 of 2 HDs for my data and OS and a RAID 1 of 2 HDs for my important stuff)
With easy and reliable I mean that if a HD gets broke, I should be able to simply replace it after ordening a new one, without any difficult stuff to do. Also adding a new drive should be easy. All must be trouble-free for maaaaaaany years

I heart that the software of the LSI is a lot less than for example Areca... That is mainly why I'm still doubting which one to get... How does this "less" software impact me? (is it just that some tasks, that I will never use, are more difficult on the LSI? or is it really the setup and simple maintenance tasks that are a pain in the ass on the LSI? i have no experience at all with "professional RAID 5 controllers like this...)

I'm doubting a bit between the following controllers:

* LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i
* Adaptec RAID 5805
* Areca ARC-1222
* Highpoint RocketRAID 3520

The Adaptec, Areca and Highpoint all have the same ancient Intel IOP. The Highpoint is the cheapest. Adaptec and Areca are more or less the same in price. LSI is a bit more expensive.
Of the Intel IOP controllers, the Adaptec has my preference atm, since it officially supports the HDs that I want to get and also official SSD support seems the best...
The LSI looks the nicest one paper, but most comparisons I found so far are all with fast SSDs, not with slow HDs... Also, as I said above, the software of LSI worries me a bit too...

Can anyone give me some advice perhaps?

Thanks!

[XS Janus]

LSi is the has the fastest CPU so It should help quite a bit if you plan on doing live expansion on you array, meaning adding more drives to the array.
That process is painfully slow. And I would hate to lose a drive during it.
My second choice would be Adaptec, cause I remember it for being 4x as fast at that particular task than my own 3ware 9650.

[Speederlander]

Yes that is the gist of what my statement means, also, it has been demonstrated in another thread just exactly how easy it is to make these benches say whatever you want them too, using MFT and cache adjustments, you can make anything put out unreal numbers that are physically impossible.

I notice you never did get a response from nizzen.

[Computurd]

yea, he hasnt been posting much lately....must be on vacation. I dont like to call other people onto the carpet with their benchmarks, but when they are unrealistically high and ridiculously out of scale for the performance of the drives themselves, then something doesnt add up....you cant have a four disk array with a max read speed of 200 mb/s for each drive read at a speed of 1500mb/s. (just an example)

[Tiltevros]

Greedings from greece ppl.
Here r my results from a 9260i4 in my business server.
And another thing that i want to say...
I saw a post here saying about real world results.. Do u think that those benchmarks are real world results?? do u think that an IT manager will care how many application will open instantly???
i dont think so... put a OBDC server.. a oracle database.... use some dot.net platforms... use a raid controller for the reason that manufactors made it for...
My results are on LSI 9240i4 on 4xIntel X25-m 80 RAID0 stripe 256k.
Sorry for my english and for my attitude but.. a RAID controller is a RAID controller not a VGA that u can overclock..

[Tiltevros]

crystal disk mark 3.0
4xIntel x25-m G1 on LSI 9260i4

[XS Janus]

Real world tests and benchmarks are totally individual, and since we will never decide with consensus on what to test, exactly what apps, its better not to ad more oil on that fire...

Thanks for the results! Lookin great so far!

[Computurd]

you make a very valid point. the ONLY 'real world usage' for these ultra high end raid cards IS in a server!! And the LSI is awesome, great benchmarks!

[Tiltevros]

we update the dataserver this days and im waiting another 4 intel x25-m G2 to put in the array. we r testing the new SSD line for datacenters so we can go in E series with professional Raid Series. one of our ideas is to buy the new PCIE intels ssd card but no price whet.... with an onboard LSI controler :P
http://www.tweaktown.com/popImg.php?...01_06_full.jpg

[XS Janus]

So that is an Intel PCIE SSD!

IS it bootable?