Grabbed a pair for $99 each @ NE to update two V-raptors I've had for 5 years with 45K hours on them [but still rock solid] but out of warranty.
simply swapped out, rebuilt, repeat, easy.
Blistering reads plus redundancy.
Only bad part, magician can't see the array so I can't bench but I did verify both drives were genuine before I rebuilt.
Also can't update firmware if they ever have one without removing, sliding it into my external USB, format and then install and update for both.
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CrystalDiskMark 6.0.1 x64 (C) 2007-2018 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes
Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 989.992 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 326.166 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 469.485 MB/s [ 114620.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 300.782 MB/s [ 73433.1 IOPS]
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 400.850 MB/s [ 97863.8 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 251.128 MB/s [ 61310.5 IOPS]
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 27.968 MB/s [ 6828.1 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 182.905 MB/s [ 44654.5 IOPS]
Test : 100 MiB [C: 53.1% (247.4/465.7 GiB)] (x4) [Interval=5 sec]
Date : 2018/07/27 10:36:53
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)
compare that to the VR raid1
CrystalDiskMark 6.0.1 x64 (C) 2007-2018 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes
Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 82.841 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 134.919 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 3.425 MB/s [ 836.2 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 2.859 MB/s [ 698.0 IOPS]
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 3.447 MB/s [ 841.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 2.660 MB/s [ 649.4 IOPS]
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 1.338 MB/s [ 326.7 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 3.038 MB/s [ 741.7 IOPS]
Test : 100 MiB [C: 52.6% (244.9/465.7 GiB)] (x4) [Interval=5 sec]
Date : 2018/07/25 19:08:00
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)
This is with the disks 50% full, moving some stuff off I probably could hit over 1k.
Not bad for $198 bucks
Still not chipper they are making this model in China vs Korea like my 850 EVO was.
simply swapped out, rebuilt, repeat, easy.
Blistering reads plus redundancy.
Only bad part, magician can't see the array so I can't bench but I did verify both drives were genuine before I rebuilt.
Also can't update firmware if they ever have one without removing, sliding it into my external USB, format and then install and update for both.
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CrystalDiskMark 6.0.1 x64 (C) 2007-2018 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes
Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 989.992 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 326.166 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 469.485 MB/s [ 114620.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 300.782 MB/s [ 73433.1 IOPS]
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 400.850 MB/s [ 97863.8 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 251.128 MB/s [ 61310.5 IOPS]
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 27.968 MB/s [ 6828.1 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 182.905 MB/s [ 44654.5 IOPS]
Test : 100 MiB [C: 53.1% (247.4/465.7 GiB)] (x4) [Interval=5 sec]
Date : 2018/07/27 10:36:53
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)
compare that to the VR raid1
CrystalDiskMark 6.0.1 x64 (C) 2007-2018 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes
Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 82.841 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 134.919 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 3.425 MB/s [ 836.2 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 2.859 MB/s [ 698.0 IOPS]
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 3.447 MB/s [ 841.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 2.660 MB/s [ 649.4 IOPS]
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 1.338 MB/s [ 326.7 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 3.038 MB/s [ 741.7 IOPS]
Test : 100 MiB [C: 52.6% (244.9/465.7 GiB)] (x4) [Interval=5 sec]
Date : 2018/07/25 19:08:00
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)
This is with the disks 50% full, moving some stuff off I probably could hit over 1k.
Not bad for $198 bucks
Still not chipper they are making this model in China vs Korea like my 850 EVO was.
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