hard drives & raid - benchmark and compare!

[catkicker]

Is this the newest silicon chip I tried search and did'nt find anything on it. read some post in other forums that say it out performs NV raid

[red930]

One post on the entire internet!

 

I would wait to see some comprehensive tests like we do in this thread!

Is this the newest silicon chip I tried search and did'nt find anything on it. read some post in other forums that say it out performs NV raid

[aqdrk]

My results with 2x 80GB Hitachi SATA-II (enabled) (+ssc) in RAID-0 via the NVIDIA controller (drivers version 12/07/2004,5.10.2600.0479). Stripe size - 64k, Default NTFS cluster size. Error-free (checked with SpinRite 6 (thanks Roadie ). DFI SLI-DR 6/23 BIOS, no overclock. DFI Cables (I also have some ASUS ones, but I guess they are the same crap lol ). Speeds seem slower than what I've seen so far with 2x80GB Hitachis :confused:

 

Q: They are slow, right? What can be done ;( I am sick of reinstalling Windows (guess I'll have to search for that NGhost solution for RAID-0)

Q: Is a HW RAID card worth the bucks?

 

 

8mb HDTach test:

 

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32mb HDTach test

 

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9.99GB Partition ATTO bench:

 

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141GB Partition ATTO bench:

 

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[red930]

Your results look well within the margin of error for your setup.

 

I went through a series of benchmarks with two Hitachi drives on Erzebet last night. I got results almost identical to you.

 

Processor speed seems to have an effect on the overall throughput. The same drives bench a little faster on Aileen with the 3500 Clawhammer/Hammer overclocked.

 

My results with 2x 80GB Hitachi SATA-II (enabled) (+ssc) in RAID-0 via the NVIDIA controller (drivers version 12/07/2004,5.10.2600.0479). Stripe size - 64k, Default NTFS cluster size. Error-free (checked with SpinRite 6 (thanks Roadie ). DFI SLI-DR 6/23 BIOS, no overclock. DFI Cables (I also have some ASUS ones, but I guess they are the same crap lol ). Speeds seem slower than what I've seen so far with 2x80GB Hitachis :confused:

 

Q: They are slow, right? What can be done ;( I am sick of reinstalling Windows (guess I'll have to search for that NGhost solution for RAID-0)

Q: Is a HW RAID card worth the bucks?.

[dred]

I just did a complete computer overhaul. I am still working through troubleshooting issues as we speak so i am on my spare computer. However i have 4 raptor drives on the 3114 Raid controller. (SLI-DR motherboard)

 

I have read much of this thread but could not come to a conclusion on the stripe and cluster size. since i have 4 drives should i go 64 stripe and 32 cluster? can i do 64 cluster? i am getting acronis disk director now i hope that will let me set the cluster size.

 

This will be a gaming machine. I got 2 7800GTX video cards and dual core AMD 3800+.

 

I got 4 gigs of ram on the way. just using the 1 gig for right now.

[red930]

The stripe width should be four times the cluster size for best overall performance.

 

You never want the cluster size and stripe width to be the same.

 

I just did a complete computer overhaul. I am still working through troubleshooting issues as we speak so i am on my spare computer. However i have 4 raptor drives on the 3114 Raid controller. (SLI-DR motherboard)

 

I have read much of this thread but could not come to a conclusion on the stripe and cluster size. since i have 4 drives should i go 64 stripe and 32 cluster? can i do 64 cluster? i am getting acronis disk director now i hope that will let me set the cluster size.

 

This will be a gaming machine. I got 2 7800GTX video cards and dual core AMD 3800+.

 

I got 4 gigs of ram on the way. just using the 1 gig for right now.

[mision08]

test

[flexy]

Acronis Drive Image is reported to work with nVidia RAID.

 

Someone recently posted that Norton Ghost works if you set certain switches in the software.

 

I haven't tried it since I keep my valuable data on other drives and rebuild my OS every few months.

 

thanks this was very insightful - i didnt even know that Ghost needed special treatment and that nvraid can quite be problematic.

 

I will PROBABLY go with three Hitachi 7k80 drives and already did some preperations.....eg. i made me a bart's pe (reatogo) WinPE bootdisk with all the drivers, nvraid, Acronis trueimage, Ghost etc. and more tools.

 

This is great since i will be able to boot into a a semi/mini XP environment right off the CD (!) and can use all those tools to (hopefully) restore my image. Exactly what i need.

 

I will, however, still read further especially regarding change of cluster sizes w/ progs like acronis disk director, partitionmagic etc..if they work right with nvraid and my setup.

[soundx98]

@dred - please read the forum rules and develop a signature with your system specifications before posting again. It's the rules bro.

 

Get those HDDs off that sil 3114 and use the NV Raid, it's much better and faster.

[Guest Liquid]

Ive uploaded some results from atto, i dunno how to determine what seems the best what do you guys think? 32/4 results are shockin.. is it worth trying 16/16?

[RDX-CyClo]

ok so i ran a benchmark also

i have 2 250gb wd sata2 16mb hdd in stripping on the nviadia raid

i'm worse with pics so i give numbers

highist write 155.848mb/s @1024

highist read 349.175mb/s @1024

[red930]

You really don't want the stipe and cluster to be the same size since that kills the whole idea of stripping the data across the drives for speed.

 

The 32/8 results look like the way you want to go.

 

Ive uploaded some results from atto, i dunno how to determine what seems the best what do you guys think? 32/4 results are shockin.. is it worth trying 16/16?