What version of 2003 are you running?
Enterprise x64.
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What version of 2003 are you running?
What does RTM stand for that some of you have been using in reference to Windows? I'm pretty sure it's not "Read the Manual". Thanks.
"release to manufacturing"
I want to see benches of those 2.5" 15k drives... I have a bunch of 10k ones and I'm wondering how much better performance the 15k ones give.
Bull. They may not support vmware or whatever the hell citrix bought but they are still supporting virtual server.
I do agree with you on hyper-v. ESX is way too expensive.
Kudos again on a nice build. Always love them!
What version of Server 08' are you using btw?
Also, did you come up with a rack/cabinet solution yet?
Screenshots will come shortly.
I just went back to 2003 and I'm almost complete. This system is screaming fast. Initial benchmarks on the R10 SAS drives yields 450MB/s and it's not even optimized/upgraded yet.
Screenshots will come shortly.
I just went back to 2003 and I'm almost complete. This system is screaming fast. Initial benchmarks on the R10 SAS drives yields 450MB/s and it's not even optimized/upgraded yet.
I'm sure you know this already, but from the screenshots below the only 450 MB/s you're getting is burst transfer rate. This does almost nothing for real performance. That said, raid 10's strong point isn't sequential transfer rate - with that kind of access pattern you essentially waste half of your disks - it's random reads.
Your benches for 4 x 15k SAS drives on an Adaptec 3405 is good, but I am pretty sure the Adaptec is holding their peak abilities back. Case in point, I benched 16 x 1Tb drives on an Adaptec 31605 (the 16-port version of your card) and the I/O performance was less than HALF that of the Areca 1280ML running the same 16 drives in Raid5 configured with the same stripe size, with the same 256MB of cache memory on each card, I am pretty sure if you threw those SAS drives onto an Areca, I/O would increase.
If you ever take the plunge and throw your 1Tb drives in RAID5 or RAID6 on the 1280ML, then your HDTach benches may look something like this (I/O goes up almost linearly with each new drive added to array - this bench was when I had 16 x 1Tb drives in RAID5 on the 1280ML):
gjvrieze, if you are interested in a 1280ml, please let me know. I'm about to RMA mine and will sell you the replacement.
My 1280 is acting up and seems to be causing issues with my drives, I've had it. You can follow my issues here: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1272531
I've had nothing but an joyous experience with the adaptec, until the acera came along. I'm going to guess it's a varieity of issues or just a doa card. Oh the enjoyment of newegg not wanting to take it back (past 30 days)... now i gotta deal with areca... sigh.
Once you know how the RMA process is going to work, PM with a price and time frame, and I will prolly buy yours in that case
I am guessing you are going to buy another one and overnight it, so as not to be down any longer...
I really do not like this story one bit, once I have 20tb of data on this controller, it cannot mess up, and Ockie, your luck with the card is less then pleasing....
Glad to hear what you think of the Adaptec controllers!! My fall back controller is the 31605......
I hope that with this expensive of a card, that Areca's support has good turn around for ya...
I think I'm either plotting to go with an Adaptec or a Highpoint. Adaptec so far has won me favors and I do want the built in signaling cables, so far I think this is the way I'm going. Highpoint is half the price of the adaptec, thats the only issue that I have right now.
Right now I need to test out to see what exactly is causing this problem, I really want to find out and I also really want to know if another controller will solve my issue.
Eitherway, I'll cut you a hell of a deal on the areca, I simply do not want to give them another try especially when I already got a drive formatted I did not want it to format and especially since I got the WD GP drives (I'm starting to think it may be a GP issue with the controller)
gjvrieze, if you are interested in a 1280ml, please let me know. I'm about to RMA mine and will sell you the replacement.
My 1280 is acting up and seems to be causing issues with my drives, I've had it. You can follow my issues here: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1272531
I've had nothing but an joyous experience with the adaptec, until the acera came along. I'm going to guess it's a varieity of issues or just a doa card. Oh the enjoyment of newegg not wanting to take it back (past 30 days)... now i gotta deal with areca... sigh.
I assume you would go with the 31605, but what card from Highpoint has your interest??
Do you have a non WD drive that you can test on each port of the controller, if you did, and it shows up fine each time, you would know that the bug lies between the controller/drive combo....
Sweet deal, I could use that, went on strike at work, so it is going to be a little slower for me for awhile, but I almost have the funds in order for the 1280ML......
Weird, make sure to keep us abreast of any news
I think I'm either plotting to go with an Adaptec or a Highpoint. Adaptec so far has won me favors and I do want the built in signaling cables, so far I think this is the way I'm going. Highpoint is half the price of the adaptec, thats the only issue that I have right now.
Right now I need to test out to see what exactly is causing this problem, I really want to find out and I also really want to know if another controller will solve my issue.
Eitherway, I'll cut you a hell of a deal on the areca, I simply do not want to give them another try especially when I already got a drive formatted I did not want it to format and especially since I got the WD GP drives (I'm starting to think it may be a GP issue with the controller)
Ockie said:<snip>How does your (our) areca handle additional drive expansions? Is it pretty quick? Is it pretty sucessful? Does this controller support array shrinking? (aka, if you decide to remove a drive).
I'd be expecting more performance out of 15k drives honestly... My benches are with 10k Fujitsu drives on a lower end LSI controller.