15 Dec 2007 at 18:36 #1 andyp andyp Permabanned Joined 31 May 2005 Posts 1,628 Location South Yorkshire 3x74gb Raptors - 2x8mb cache, 1x16mb cache. Using default stripe size. On Nforce 650i. Minimum 92.8 mb/s Maximum 145.4 mb/s Average 106.0 mb/s Access Time 8.1ms Burst Rate 109.0 mb/s CPU Usage 3.8%
3x74gb Raptors - 2x8mb cache, 1x16mb cache. Using default stripe size. On Nforce 650i. Minimum 92.8 mb/s Maximum 145.4 mb/s Average 106.0 mb/s Access Time 8.1ms Burst Rate 109.0 mb/s CPU Usage 3.8%
15 Dec 2007 at 19:53 #2 Predator Predator Associate Joined 12 Jan 2003 Posts 449 Location Woking I've never seen 3 disks used in stripe config before. Try it with two instead.
15 Dec 2007 at 19:58 #3 andyp andyp Permabanned OP Joined 31 May 2005 Posts 1,628 Location South Yorkshire Two gives me virtually exactly the same results.
15 Dec 2007 at 20:52 #4 ChrisD. ChrisD. Man of Honour Joined 20 Sep 2006 Posts 36,977 The nForce controller is bottlenecking the drives. nothing you can do apart from sear at nVidia for not doing a good job. Well, you could buy an Intel board or buy a RAID card.
The nForce controller is bottlenecking the drives. nothing you can do apart from sear at nVidia for not doing a good job. Well, you could buy an Intel board or buy a RAID card.
15 Dec 2007 at 22:07 #5 andyp andyp Permabanned OP Joined 31 May 2005 Posts 1,628 Location South Yorkshire Intel board is out of the question - I need two PATA ports to run 3xIDE HDD's and an IDE optical drive. Looks like I'll have to make do. RAID0 was about space for me, not so much speed.
Intel board is out of the question - I need two PATA ports to run 3xIDE HDD's and an IDE optical drive. Looks like I'll have to make do. RAID0 was about space for me, not so much speed.
