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Hard drive performance - how to measure
Hi, I'm working on a new computer that I will mainly use for personal
stuff, but I'll also be doing some database work that requires high storage performance. My system is based on the EVGA 680i motherboard, and I have 4 SATA 2 drives that I can configure as either RAID5 or RAID0+1. In order to decide which offers the best price / performance ratio - what types of benchmarks are available to measure driver performance? Thanks in advance! Scott |
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Scott wrote:
Hi, I'm working on a new computer that I will mainly use for personal stuff, but I'll also be doing some database work that requires high storage performance. It shouldnt if its properly designed. My system is based on the EVGA 680i motherboard, and I have 4 SATA 2 drives that I can configure as either RAID5 or RAID0+1. In order to decide which offers the best price / performance ratio - what types of benchmarks are available to measure driver performance? What matters much more is the database performance. |
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"Scott" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm working on a new computer that I will mainly use for personal stuff, but I'll also be doing some database work that requires high storage performance. My system is based on the EVGA 680i motherboard, and I have 4 SATA 2 drives that I can configure as either RAID5 or RAID0+1. In order to decide which offers the best price / performance ratio - what types of benchmarks are available to measure driver performance? Try HDTach Bye, Skybuck. |
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Hi, I'm working on a new computer that I will mainly use
for personal stuff, but I'll also be doing some database work that requires high storage performance. It shouldnt if its properly designed. Wrong if you're working on star schema dimensional models, where I need to touch hundreds of thousands to millions of records to satisfy a query, instead of just touching a few at a time like an OLTP system. In order to decide which offers the best price / performance ratio - what types of benchmarks are available to measure driver performance? What matters much more is the database performance. Obviously. If I had all the free time in the world, I could test everything thoroughly and come up with the 100% best solution. Since I do not have all the free time in the world, I came to this group for some helpful advice. Since you are either unwilling or unable to provide that, why exactly did you respond to my post? |
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Hard drive performance - how to measure
Skybuck - I will check this out. Thank you very much for your help.
Scott On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:56:37 +0100, "Skybuck Flying" wrote: "Scott" wrote in message .. . Hi, I'm working on a new computer that I will mainly use for personal stuff, but I'll also be doing some database work that requires high storage performance. My system is based on the EVGA 680i motherboard, and I have 4 SATA 2 drives that I can configure as either RAID5 or RAID0+1. In order to decide which offers the best price / performance ratio - what types of benchmarks are available to measure driver performance? Try HDTach Bye, Skybuck. |
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Scott wrote
Hi, I'm working on a new computer that I will mainly use for personal stuff, but I'll also be doing some database work that requires high storage performance. It shouldnt if its properly designed. Wrong if you're working on star schema dimensional models, where I need to touch hundreds of thousands to millions of records to satisfy a query, instead of just touching a few at a time like an OLTP system. Utterly mangled. In order to decide which offers the best price / performance ratio - what types of benchmarks are available to measure driver performance? What matters much more is the database performance. Obviously. If I had all the free time in the world, I could test everything thoroughly and come up with the 100% best solution. Since I do not have all the free time in the world, I came to this group for some helpful advice. Since you are either unwilling or unable to provide that, why exactly did you respond to my post? To rub your stupid pig ignorant nose in the basics, child. |
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Hard drive performance - how to measure
"Scott" wrote...
Hi, I'm working on a new computer that I will mainly use for personal stuff, but I'll also be doing some database work that requires high storage performance. My system is based on the EVGA 680i motherboard, and I have 4 SATA 2 drives that I can configure as either RAID5 or RAID0+1. Sysoft Sandra has a HD benchmark included. Some don't like the way it works, but it should be fine for comparison purposes. First guess is that RAID 10 (0+1) will be faster, at the expense of total capacity. Also, if you don't have 10K RPM Raptors, you're probably missing the first benchmark: Spindle speed is important, because it determines physical limits on access time. BTW, ignore rodless speedless. He likes to cause problems while giving little in the way of real information. |
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Scott wrote:
Hi, I'm working on a new computer that I will mainly use for personal stuff, but I'll also be doing some database work that requires high storage performance. It shouldnt if its properly designed. Wrong if you're working on star schema dimensional models, where I need to touch hundreds of thousands to millions of records to satisfy a query, instead of just touching a few at a time like an OLTP system. .... What matters much more is the database performance. Even assuming that's true, hard drive performance is relevant and Scott's database performance might already be optimal. Obviously. If I had all the free time in the world, I could test everything thoroughly and come up with the 100% best solution. Since I do not have all the free time in the world, I came to this group for some helpful advice. Don't take it personally. Rod speed is a pathologically insulting regular troll in whatever group he happens to be in. Sometimes he provides good advice, but he completely refuses to accept even gentle correction when he's wrong. Since you are either unwilling or unable to provide that, why exactly did you respond to my post? |
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Scott wrote:
Hi, I'm working on a new computer that I will mainly use for personal stuff, but I'll also be doing some database work that requires high storage performance. I too would recommend 10,000 rpm drives if they're big enough. I love my Raptor, small but fast. My system is based on the EVGA 680i motherboard, and I have 4 SATA 2 drives that I can configure as either RAID5 or RAID0+1. In order to decide which offers the best price / performance ratio - what types of benchmarks are available to measure driver performance? Thanks in advance! Scott |
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Don't take it personally. Rod speed is a pathologically insulting
regular troll in whatever group he happens to be in. Sometimes he provides good advice, but he completely refuses to accept even gentle correction when he's wrong. I'll second that, he has some kind of inadequacy that he makes up for by pretending to be a know-all in this newsgroup. If challenged, he goes into this psycho mode of name calling, etc. The question was why did he respond to your post, I am not sure anyone could explain the inner workings of someone as unstable as Rod Speed. -g |
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