Re: W9xNT MCA Adapters - RAID-207 results.

UZnal wrote:

TEST TEAM: Please use this version, the second release (April 28, 2007)
might not work properly.


CPU utilization looks better. Interestingly, read performance looks better with the DL version. Disk light works, RAIDADMN talks to both drivers. Do you need Passplay tests again?

HDTach still blows up with a divide by zero error.


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Calibrate Test DiskGraf Version 1.3A Sun Apr 29 10:28:28 2007

Estimated MB/sec Write Tests 1, 2, 4 KB Blocks
0.106 0.173 0.281

Write and Read two 4 MB files, 64 KB Block Size
Data Transfer Rate 1.45 and 5.62 MB/sec
Percent CPU Utilisation 0.00 and 0.00

Writing speed is much slower than reading speed

Reading Speed Slow For Year 2007?
Is disk data fragmented? - Defragment before running?




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Disk Test DiskGraf Version 1.3A Sun Apr 29 10:30:46 2007

Copyright Roy Longbottom 2001

Windows NT Version 4.0, build 1381, Service Pack 6
CPU GenuineIntel, Features Code 000001BF, Model Code 0000052C, 201 MHz
Memory 523444 KB, Free 475452 KB
D:Disk/partition 999 MB, Free 270 MB
Files 3 Size 4 MB Block Sizes 11 Minimum RAM Data
Notes: IBM DFHSS2W, MDAC206 Apr. 29 release, IBM Server 720

Block File ->
KB 1 2 3
Write MB/Second
1 0.19 0.18 0.18
2 0.26 0.22 0.25
4 0.32 0.34 0.33
8 0.49 0.47 0.47
16 0.67 0.84 0.64
32 1.2 1.3 1.1
64 1.4 1.3 1.6
128 1.4 1.6 1.5
256 1.6 1.7 1.6
512 1.8 1.7 1.7
1024 1.8 1.9 1.2
Read MB/Second
1 1.0 0.80 0.94
2 1.4 0.97 1.2
4 2.0 2.2 2.2
8 2.3 2.7 1.7
16 3.6 4.1 4.6
32 5.9 5.8 5.1
64 4.9 6.1 6.1
128 5.8 5.8 5.4
256 6.9 6.8 5.2
512 8.3 8.0 5.9
1024 8.0 7.5 3.4
Write CPU Utilisation
1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 0.0 0.8 0.9
16 0.0 0.0 0.0
32 0.0 0.0 0.0
64 0.0 0.0 0.0
128 0.0 0.0 0.0
256 0.0 0.0 0.0
512 0.0 0.0 0.0
1024 4.6 0.0 0.0
Read CPU Utilisation
1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 3.3 3.7 2.5
16 0.0 0.0 0.0
32 0.0 0.0 0.0
64 0.0 0.0 0.0
128 0.0 0.0 0.0
256 0.0 0.0 0.0
512 0.0 0.0 0.0
1024 0.0 0.0 0.0

DMA Reread block up to 100 times at 1 to 1024 Kbytes

Read MB/Second
1.6 3.3 5.6 7.1 9.8 12.5 14.5 16.6 17.7 17.5 18.1
Read CPU Utilisation
0.0 0.0 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Random Read 1KB out of 1, 2, 4, to file size Mbytes

Read Milliseconds
3.30 6.51 6.81 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Read CPU Utilisation
0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

End Disk Test Sun Apr 29 10:36:38 2007



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Calibrate Test DiskGraf Version 1.3A Sun Apr 29 10:57:54 2007

Estimated MB/sec Write Tests 1, 2, 4 KB Blocks
0.130 0.177 0.229

Write and Read two 4 MB files, 64 KB Block Size
Data Transfer Rate 1.39 and 5.67 MB/sec
Percent CPU Utilisation 0.82 and 0.00

Writing speed is much slower than reading speed

Reading Speed Slow For Year 2007?
Is disk data fragmented? - Defragment before running?




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Disk Test DiskGraf Version 1.3A Sun Apr 29 10:58:42 2007

Copyright Roy Longbottom 2001

Windows NT Version 4.0, build 1381, Service Pack 6
CPU GenuineIntel, Features Code 000001BF, Model Code 0000052C, 200 MHz
Memory 523444 KB, Free 476324 KB
D:Disk/partition 999 MB, Free 270 MB
Files 2 Size 4 MB Block Sizes 11 Minimum RAM Data
Notes: IBM DFHSS2W, MDAC206-DL Apr. 29 release, IBM Server 720

Block File ->
KB 1 2
Write MB/Second
1 0.18 0.18
2 0.24 0.27
4 0.28 0.31
8 0.53 0.51
16 0.75 0.88
32 1.3 1.1
64 1.3 1.4
128 1.7 1.9
256 1.6 1.7
512 1.8 1.8
1024 1.6 1.7
Read MB/Second
1 0.91 0.71
2 1.1 1.3
4 1.2 1.3
8 2.7 3.0
16 3.0 3.3
32 5.8 4.9
64 5.9 6.1
128 5.8 4.8
256 6.8 6.8
512 8.0 8.9
1024 9.7 7.1
Write CPU Utilisation
1 1.5 0.0
2 0.7 1.6
4 0.7 2.1
8 0.7 0.7
16 0.5 0.7
32 0.5 0.6
64 0.4 0.6
128 0.6 0.3
256 0.4 0.7
512 0.5 0.5
1024 0.7 0.6
Read CPU Utilisation
1 0.0 3.5
2 0.6 5.9
4 0.4 0.5
8 0.7 0.2
16 0.2 0.3
32 0.0 0.3
64 0.1 0.0
128 0.1 0.8
256 17.2 0.0
512 0.0 0.0
1024 0.0 0.0

DMA Reread block up to 100 times at 1 to 1024 Kbytes

Read MB/Second
1.4 2.4 4.3 7.8 10.4 13.0 13.9 15.8 17.7 18.2 17.8
Read CPU Utilisation
0.0 1.9 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.4 1.1

Random Read 1KB out of 1, 2, 4, to file size Mbytes

Read Milliseconds
3.40 5.71 4.81 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Read CPU Utilisation
1.1 2.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

End Disk Test Sun Apr 29 11:02:44 2007


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