Raid help

ChrisLandin · 2 Dec 2009 at 15:45

How do I know if my raid setup is working properly? This is the first time ive used a raid array and I was expecting to see massive improvements in load times over my original 1tb drive. Sadly im not. Im using to brand new raptors in a stripe config. Any help guys?

CBJ · 2 Dec 2009 at 15:53

Try some benchmarks. Start with ATTO Disk Benchmark and CrystalDiskMark and see what you get.

ChrisLandin · 2 Dec 2009 at 16:31

Thats what I got after running the crystalmark benching tool. I have no idea what these figures actually mean but does it show that I have an issue with my raid config??
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CrystalDiskMark 2.2 (C) 2007-2008 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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Sequential Read : 179.021 MB/s
Sequential Write : 205.670 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 53.755 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 91.874 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 0.916 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 3.766 MB/s
Test Size : 100 MB
Date : 2009/12/02 16:30:22

dr4g0nf1y · 2 Dec 2009 at 16:32

also try hdtune and post a screenshot if you can

ChileanLlama · 2 Dec 2009 at 16:34

That looks about right compared to my own Raptor's in RAID0.