good benchmark program for raid 0? - Club CDFreaks

*ripit* · 12-02-2007

I have been playing with the raid capabilities of my abit ax8 (it has 4 sata plus 1 pata that can all be included in the same raid, and 2 more pata that cannot be raided if I am not mistaken). So I have used sandra in the past and it gives a good ballpark figure, but I have seen a lot of variation. I have been getting results ranging from 112MBps to 140MBps on the same array that I am playing with right now.

Does anyone know of a program that gives more consistent results? By the way, I know there are so many variables with raid, that you are always going to get variation. but wasn't sure if there was anything a little more consistent in its testing methodology compared to sandra?

*CDan* · 12-02-2007

ATTO disc benchmark is an excellent measure of actual file transfer speeds.
HDTach is widely accepted as a good measure of speeds across the entire platter. HERE'S a good resource.

*DiiZzY* · 12-02-2007

IOMeter, FC-Test by Xbitlabs
//Danne

*ripit* · 13-02-2007

Thanks for the help. I'll give those a try.

12-02-2007	#1 (permalink)
ripit CD Freaks Elite Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,471	good benchmark program for raid 0? <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I have been playing with the raid capabilities of my abit ax8 (it has 4 sata plus 1 pata that can all be included in the same raid, and 2 more pata that cannot be raided if I am not mistaken). So I have used sandra in the past and it gives a good ballpark figure, but I have seen a lot of variation. I have been getting results ranging from 112MBps to 140MBps on the same array that I am playing with right now. Does anyone know of a program that gives more consistent results? By the way, I know there are so many variables with raid, that you are always going to get variation. but wasn't sure if there was anything a little more consistent in its testing methodology compared to sandra?

12-02-2007	#2 (permalink)
CDan CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,634	Re: good benchmark program for raid 0? ATTO disc benchmark is an excellent measure of actual file transfer speeds. HDTach is widely accepted as a good measure of speeds across the entire platter. HERE'S a good resource.

12-02-2007	#3 (permalink)
DiiZzY CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Nordic Region, Sweden Posts: 2,855	Re: good benchmark program for raid 0? IOMeter, FC-Test by Xbitlabs //Danne

13-02-2007	#4 (permalink)
ripit CD Freaks Elite Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,471	Re: good benchmark program for raid 0? Thanks for the help. I'll give those a try.

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