Posted on 05 April 2010. Tags: apple mac, bad news, bench, Benchmark, benchmarks, ESXi, firmware, firmware update, installing windows, laptops, loading windows, mac book, mode 2, NVIDIA, nvidia chipsets, old windows, Patriot, platforms, pram, protection feature, PS-100, ps-100 32gb, r2, root cause, SSD, windows server
I got a note asking to update my original benchmark for the Patriot PS-100 32GB with results from the new Patriot PS-100 Firmware v2.008. Performance is said to be better and it is!
Update 6 June 2010: New Patriot PS-100 32GB Firmware v3.000 benchmarks are up.
The specs of the update are:
Firmware update #2.008
Quick Teaser: The results got better!
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Posted in Disk Subsystem Performance
Posted on 29 March 2010. Tags: atto benchmark, atto benchmarks, Benchmark, benchmark numbers, crystaldiskmark, Intel, max speed, ocz, ocz technology, raid 0 1, raid 0 setup, Raid 5, Review, SSD, storage technology, v1.5 firmware, vertex
Shortly after posting my last benchmarks on the dual OCZ Vertex 120GB in Raid 0 setup, I received an e-mail to try the new Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) 9.6.0.1014 drivers, which were supposed to enable TRIM in raid. These new drivers were released, taken down, then re-released in March 2010. The big improvement was supposed to be TRIM is enabled for Raid 0, 1, 10, but not enabled for Raid 5. Unfortuneately, this seems not to be working so the best that can be done is the background garbage collection in firmware v1.5 for OCZ’s Indilinx based SSDs. Since I am only working with two 120GB drives at the moment, I decided to give them a shot. Just for reference, the original benchmarks were done with the standard, off the shelf, Windows 7 64-bit RTM drivers.
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Posted in Disk Subsystem Performance
Posted on 19 February 2010. Tags: Atom, Benchmark, clarkdale, Core i3, Core i5, energy saving, h55, h57, heat dissipation, home servers, hsf, htpc, hyperthreading, i3-530, i5-650, intel atom, intel pro, Low Power, matx motherboard, n330, NVIDIA, package solution, power consumption, Review, video encoding, WHS, Windows Home Server
Intel’s Clarkdale and H55/ H57 platforms are quite intriguing for several reasons. First, the performance is fairly good starting at 2.93ghz, and with hyperthreading, it is possible to get closer to a quad core performance in some tasks where multiple cores do well, such as video encoding. A second aspect is that Intel moved the IGP to an on package solution and really cut the power consumption/ heat dissipation of the platform. Finally, the cost of an i3-530 or i5-650 CPU plus a motherboard is often in the $200 or less range, making them quite affordable.
Two great uses for the chips are home servers and HTPC’s. Low power consumption and low heat generation ultimately enable lower acoustic signatures, as well as lower TCO through lower electric draw.
Core i5-650, Gigabyte H55M-UD2H, Dual Intel Pro/1000 GT PCI NICs
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Posted in Low Power Servers, Non-drive Components
