Finally got my system up and time to run some HD Tune benches.
System:
E3110 @ stock
P5E3 Premium Wi-Fi
4x Cellshock 1800 1GB @ 1600
Areca ARC-1222 PCIe 8x
OS is Vista 64 Ultimate.
All disk drives on the Areca controller, including OS drive, WD 1TB GP. Default block size used in OS, block size for all tests set to 64k on controller unless specified otherwise.
And now for the pretty pictures.
Raptor 150
Velociraptor 300
Raptor 150 x2 RAID-0
Velociraptor 300 x2 RAID-0
Velociraptor 300 x4 RAID-0
Velociraptor 300 x4 RAID-5
Velociraptor 300 x4 RAID-10
And for comparison sake, here are some 4x RAID-0 benches with differing stripe sizes.
Velociraptor 300 x4 RAID-0 16k
Velociraptor 300 x4 RAID-0 32k
Velociraptor 300 x4 RAID-0 128k
I'd really like to see the write benches, but can't quite bring myself to pay $35 just to see that. RAID-5 read times are great, while giving me some fault protection, but I don't trust it to be so hot in writes. So, currently based on these numbers, I've been leaning towards RAID-0 with 32k stripe, then using Acronis to image... as well as my 1TB GP RAID-1 serving to save the critical data.
System:
E3110 @ stock
P5E3 Premium Wi-Fi
4x Cellshock 1800 1GB @ 1600
Areca ARC-1222 PCIe 8x
OS is Vista 64 Ultimate.
All disk drives on the Areca controller, including OS drive, WD 1TB GP. Default block size used in OS, block size for all tests set to 64k on controller unless specified otherwise.
And now for the pretty pictures.
Raptor 150
Velociraptor 300
Raptor 150 x2 RAID-0
Velociraptor 300 x2 RAID-0
Velociraptor 300 x4 RAID-0
Velociraptor 300 x4 RAID-5
Velociraptor 300 x4 RAID-10
And for comparison sake, here are some 4x RAID-0 benches with differing stripe sizes.
Velociraptor 300 x4 RAID-0 16k
Velociraptor 300 x4 RAID-0 32k
Velociraptor 300 x4 RAID-0 128k
I'd really like to see the write benches, but can't quite bring myself to pay $35 just to see that. RAID-5 read times are great, while giving me some fault protection, but I don't trust it to be so hot in writes. So, currently based on these numbers, I've been leaning towards RAID-0 with 32k stripe, then using Acronis to image... as well as my 1TB GP RAID-1 serving to save the critical data.