Real World Areca Raid Controller Test

 
Test #1 RAID1 2 Disks
Motherboard ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE
Processor AMD Phenom II X4 945 AM3 3.0GHz.
Memory Kingston 16G DDR3 1066 PC3-8500 Non-ECC CL7 DIMM 7-7-7-6 KVR1066D3N7
Controller Areca ARC-1220RAID1 (2) 1G DisksDisks WD10EADS SATA2 3G/s
Oct 29 2010 19:45
# bonnie -s 32768
Bonnie 1.4: File './Bonnie.8044', size: 34359738368, volumes: 1
kB/sCPU
Writing with putc()...6604480.4%
Rewriting...508397.6%
Writing intelligently...8417621.9%
Reading with getc()...6364677.1%
Reading intelligently...1354278.0%
---Sequential Output (nosync)------Sequential Input-----Rnd Seek--
-Per Char----Block-----Rewrite---Per Char----Block-----04k (03)-
MachineMBkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPU/secCPU
server1*327686604480.4%8417621.9%508397.6%6364677.1% 135427 8.0%276.51.0%
 
 
Test #2 RAID1 2 Disks
Motherboard ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE 16G Memory
Processor AMD Phenom II X4 945 AM3 3.0GHz.
Memory Kingston DDR3 1066 PC3-8500 Non-ECC CL7 DIMM 7-7-7-6 KVR1066D3N7
Controller Areca ARC-1220RAID1 (2) 2G DisksDisks WD20EARS SATA2 3G/s
Oct 28 2010 19;30
# bonnie -s 32768
Bonnie 1.4: File './Bonnie.11451', size: 34359738368, volumes: 1
kB/sCPU
Writing with putc()...7871296.3%
Rewriting...651587.0%
Writing intelligently...10680627.1%
Reading with getc()...7365492.6%
Reading intelligently...1778697.8%
---Sequential Output (nosync)------Sequential Input-----Rnd Seek--
-Per Char----Block-----Rewrite---Per Char----Block-----04k (03)-
MachineMBkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPU/secCPU
server1*327687871296.3%10680627.1%651587.0%7365492.6% 177869 7.8%281.10.4%
 
 
Test #3 RAID1 2 Disks
Motherboard MSI 890FXA-GD70
Processor AMD Phenom II X6 1090T AM3 3.2GHz.
Memory CORSAIR XMS 32GB DDR3 1333 PC3-10600 Dual Channel 9-9-9-24 CMX32GX3M4A1333C9
Controller Areca ARC-1882iRAID1 Two 2G DisksDisks ST2000VX000 SATA3 6G/s
(Running system, disks in use)
Start 09:35:22Finish 10:26:42
# bonnie -s 65536
Bonnie 1.5: File './Bonnie.29933', size: 68719476736, volumes: 1
kB/sCPU
Writing with putc()...8419780.4%
Rewriting...8405110.4%
Writing intelligently...14758713.5%
Reading with getc()...9554289.8%
Reading intelligently...22148014.3%
Estimated seek time: raw 2.135ms, eff 2.063ms
---Sequential Output (nosync)------Sequential Input-----Rnd Seek--
-Per Char----Block-----Rewrite---Per Char----Block-----04k (03)-
MachineMBkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPU/secCPU
server1*655368419780.4%14758713.5%8405110.4%9554289.8% 221480 14.3%468.31.8%
 
 
Test #4 RAID5 3 Disks
Motherboard MSI 890FXA-GD70
Processor AMD Phenom II X6 1090T AM3 3.2GHz.
Memory CORSAIR XMS 32GB DDR3 1333 PC3-10600 Dual Channel 9-9-9-24 CMX32GX3M4A1333C9
Controller Areca ARC-1882iRAID5 (3) 3G DisksDisks ST3000VX000 SATA3 6G/s
(Running system, disks not in use)
Start 08:49:01Finish 09:33:22
# bonnie -s 65536
Bonnie 1.5: File './Bonnie.31878', size: 68719476736, volumes: 1
kB/sCPU
Writing with putc()...10171097.1%
Rewriting...9319512.0%
Writing intelligently...30821027.7%
Reading with getc()...9854592.4%
Reading intelligently...18591713.7%
Estimated seek time: raw 1.925ms, eff 1.839ms
---Sequential Output (nosync)------Sequential Input-----Rnd Seek--
-Per Char----Block-----Rewrite---Per Char----Block-----04k (03)-
MachineMBkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPU/secCPU
server1*6553610171097.1%30821027.7%9319512.0%9854592.4% 185917 13.7%519.52.6%
 
 
Test #5 RAID5 4 Disks
Motherboard MSI 890FXA-GD70
Processor AMD Phenom II X6 1090T AM3 3.2GHz.
Memory CORSAIR XMS 32GB DDR3 1333 PC3-10600 Dual Channel 9-9-9-24 CMX32GX3M4A1333C9
Controller Areca ARC-1882iRAID5 (4) 3G DisksDisks ST3000VX000 SATA3 6G/s
(Running system, disks not in use)
Start 21:13:53Finish 21:52:32
# bonnie -s 65536
Bonnie 1.5: File './Bonnie.7541', size: 68719476736, volumes: 1
kB/sCPU
Writing with putc()...9044085.1%
Rewriting...13618611.8%
Writing intelligently...38714527.4%
Reading with getc()...10562096.4%
Reading intelligently...26219711.0%
Estimated seek time: raw 1.640ms, eff 1.579ms
---Sequential Output (nosync)------Sequential Input-----Rnd Seek--
-Per Char----Block-----Rewrite---Per Char----Block-----04k (03)-
MachineMBkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPUkB/secCPU/secCPU
server1*655369044085.1%38714527.4%13618611.8%10562096.4% 262197 11.0%609.72.0%
 
 
CPU Utilization during #3 & #4 bonnie testing
 
Load Averge during #3 & #4 bonnie testing
 
 
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