Think your HDD is fast?

Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited August 2003 in Hardware
Beat this. I ran ATTO @ w/the default settings (except changing the maximum length to 32mb) on my dually system... stripe size is the default 64k...

Now the question is what the best stripe size is...

Anyhow...

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  • KometeKomete Member
    edited July 2003
    Seeing benchmarks like that almost makes me not want to buy the raptors :) the 320gb vs 70gb difference isnt helping either :(
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    Im in for this game.

    Tex
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    Thats wasn't really fair though. My disk subsytem with controller and drives cost about 50 bucks more then a pair of raptors unless you also had to buy a controller... If you did then my setup cost less anyway...

    Tex
  • mr-FUmr-FU
    edited July 2003
    oooh...geeky got pwned!:D
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    I figured that'd happen... :D

    So Tex... what drives are you running?
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    Atlas 10k III's.

    Actually those are very good ide scores buddy. You just left yourself wide open with an invite like that.

    Mackanz posted some raptor ATTO's that hit about 112,000 I think it was.. They are the best two drive raptor scores I have seen. His were tweaked to the max.

    btw... My scores I posted were on a fully loaded system with like 10 things sitting in the system tray with MBM5 and coolmon etc... all running. Thats not a bare tweaked out system etc.. That was cranked off a fully loaded and normaly running system just like it was used everyday with indexing enabled etc. Some post bare scores with everything turned off and tweaked in ways that would hurt ya in day to day use. I post real scores ripped righyt off a loaded system.

    Tex
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    Actually those are very good ide scores buddy. You just left yourself wide open with an invite like that.

    Ya... I know. :D

    So those are Atlas 10Ks that are in RAID 0, I assume? Funny that my IBM Ultrastars were so slow (<30mb/s max. in ATTO) as single drives... they're still 10k rpm. I'd think they'd do better than that. I posted the same thing over @ Short-Meda (which I see you saw :D) is any of that attributable to the ASC29160? Going from 32 to 64 bit PCI made no difference (which surprised me), so I can't figure out why my SCSI drives are so slow...
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    The onboard cache/cpu on my controller blurs reality. Your drives on my controller will score just like the drive above.

    Tex
  • summonssummons
    edited July 2003
    Here's one,lol.
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    Originally posted by Geeky1


    Ya... I know. :D

    So those are Atlas 10Ks that are in RAID 0, I assume? Funny that my IBM Ultrastars were so slow (<30mb/s max. in ATTO) as single drives... they're still 10k rpm. I'd think they'd do better than that. I posted the same thing over @ Short-Meda (which I see you saw :D) is any of that attributable to the ASC29160? Going from 32 to 64 bit PCI made no difference (which surprised me), so I can't figure out why my SCSI drives are so slow...

    Here ya go... This is just to torture ya....

    I bought this last night on eBay before I went to bed.

    Its lvd but not u160 but... Its four channell! You can hang two and almost three of your drives per channel based on their speed anyway. This is the 4 cvhannel version of the megaraid I have been running but it maxs at 80mb per channel not 160.

    But then again... (grin) It was 19 bucks too ! It will run four of the very fastest scsi drives made today if you run one per channel. Gee... for 19 bucks I can deal with that I guess.

    Tex

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3423533636&category=31494&rd=1
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    ok, ya know what? You can just stFu... :D;)

    Seriously tho, that was a good deal. Eventually I'll get back into SCSI again, but $400-odd for 640gb of storage and a SATA raid controller isn't a bad deal...
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    No I agree those were killer scores and for the differance in storage space they are making a raptor purchase difficult

    tex
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    I think I'll probably go back to SCSI when the 15,000rpm 73gb drives are ~ <$200...

    btw... does anyone know why they can't make 15,000rpm drives w/80gb platters? Is there any reason why they can't, other than cost?
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    The denser the data the faster they are. You tend to get more small platters as they need the aureal density to stary as high as possible to keep the speed up.

    Tex
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    Tex; wouldn't a 15,000rpm drive with 80gb platters be faster than a 15,000rpm drive with 36gb platters? I realize the platters on the SCSI drives are somewhat smaller than on most ATA drives, but shouldn't the fact that the 80gb platters have 2x the capacity somewhat offset that, to the point where you'd end up with a higher density on the 80gb platters?
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    Go look at what they call aureal density (I think I spelled it right)

    Thats the key to these deals. Thats one of the main reasons the trasfer rates on these have jumped so high in the last year.

    You nay want to check the new thread I started too buddy.

    Tex
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    Go look at what they call aureal density (I think I spelled it right)

    Thats the key to these deals. Thats one of the main reasons the trasfer rates on these have jumped so high in the last year.

    You nay want to check the new thread I started too buddy.

    Tex
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    Will do. Thanks.
  • SwordsmanSwordsman
    edited July 2003
    Tex,
    In reference to your thread on controllers, what is your opinion on the Fujitsu MAM3367 drives for use on those controllers? They're U160 and have a max internal transfer rate of 88.9 MB/sec. Think they'd be ok? They're cheap for a 36 gig drive, comparatively anyway.

    Thanks,

    S!
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    Geeky I have a quick question and something for you to check for me. IS your 1540 in a 64/66 slot? Check with sandra and see if its 66mhz capable.

    Sorta weird but every single website selling them lists teh 1540 as 32bit 33/66mhz but on Highpoints site they list the 1520 as 66mhz capable but not the 1540?

    Can you check with sandra for me?

    Tex
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    sure... I'll have to do that tonight when I get the dually back up and running... the truecontrol 550 died, so it's running off the 400w (and doing very well, at that) but the card is complaining about a broken raid array...
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    Originally posted by swordsman
    Tex,
    In reference to your thread on controllers, what is your opinion on the Fujitsu MAM3367 drives for use on those controllers? They're U160 and have a max internal transfer rate of 88.9 MB/sec. Think they'd be ok? They're cheap for a 36 gig drive, comparatively anyway.

    Thanks,

    S!

    Sorry Bud I didn't see this post. I wasn't thinking the MAM's were that fast? But a 88.9 internal will translate to 60,000+ on atto probably. Something in that range anyway.

    How much are they running anyway? That seems much faster then I thought they were..

    Tex
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2003
    I just bought a HPT 1540 for $50 including shipping. Thats a 4 channel hpt SATA card with no sata adapters

    Tex
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited August 2003
    Talk about good scores? check this out! and I'm not talking Raptors or 8MB cache drives here, this is an array (16/16 FAT32) of 2 x 30GB Maxtors 6E030L0 ($30 ea. AR at Staples) 2MB cache drives attached to the SATA ports via 2 x RocketHead adapters w/o any tweaks what so ever. Not bad huh?
  • MackanzMackanz
    edited August 2003
    Originally posted by Tex
    His were tweaked to the max.

    No tweaks at all, just a normal half-full partition. Not even defragged.
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