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michelkenny
Sep 26, 2006Aspirant
Post your performance results
I thought it might be interesting to see what kind of performance everyone is getting with IO Meter so that we can compare what we're getting. So I thought we could all post our results in this thread...
TonyBerry
Dec 06, 2006Aspirant

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Client System: P4 2.0Ghz, 2GB RAM, Gb LAN (direct connection to X6), Windows XP Pro, SMB Mount to X6
X6 Array Setup: "Enable Disk Write Cache", "Disable Full Data Journaling", and "Enable Fast CIFS Writes", UPS Connected
IOMeter Setup: As specified by Infrant
XRAID without Jumbo Frames: Write - 43.952064MBps, Read - 43.885146MBps
XRAID with Jumbo Frames: Write - 35.096848MBps, Read - 36.381126MBps
RAID5 without Jumbo Frames: Write - 46.887815MBps, Read - 41.450465MBps
RAID5 with Jumbo Frames: Write - 51.639043MBps, Read - 43.862759MBps
First battery of tests were with 1GB file, second battery with 2GB file. Results were near identical.
Third battery of tests were with 256MB RAM in X6, fourth battery with 1GB RAM in X6. Results were near identical.
Still trying to get Linux IOMeter working.
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