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About LinkBackshttp://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6778We've had some fun with eSATA before, thanks to the Thecus N2050. Today we have a similar product from LaCie on test. We got 1TB worth of storage to test, so let's get on with it...
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6778We've had some fun with eSATA before, thanks to the Thecus N2050. Today we have a similar product from LaCie on test. We got 1TB worth of storage to test, so let's get on with it...
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Why not test the Big mode where it is safer than RAID0 and have more space than RAID1? That will show how the controller (inside the enclosure) affect the performance.
And the NV RAID0 and LSI Megaraid results seem too low to me. Especially the IOMeter sustained write. Even my friend's old 3Ware 7500-8 (4x200G IDE RAID5) managed 37MB/s write. (I missed that LSI Megaraid review apparently). NV RAID0 barely faster than a single 750G disk is definitely wrong, my 4x300 on NF4 (raided in windows) gets 200MB/s easy.
For eSATA+RAID0 not even as fast as single disk I wouldn't give it a "Speed" award.
Workstation 1: Intel i7 950 @ 3.8Ghz / X58 / 12GB DDR3-1600 / HD4870 512MB / Antec P180
Workstation 2: Intel C2Q Q9550 @ 3.6Ghz / X38 / 4GB DDR2-800 / 8400GS 512MB / Open Air
Workstation 3: Intel Xeon X3350 @ 3.2Ghz / P35 / 4GB DDR2-800 / HD4770 512MB / Shuttle SP35P2
HTPC: AMD Athlon X4 620 @ 2.6Ghz / 780G / 4GB DDR2-1000 / Antec Mini P180 White
Mobile Workstation: Intel C2D T8300 @ 2.4Ghz / GM965 / 3GB DDR2-667 / DELL Inspiron 1525 / 6+6+9 Cell Battery
Display (Monitor): DELL Ultrasharp 2709W + DELL Ultrasharp 2001FP
Display (Projector): Epson TW-3500 1080p
Speakers: Creative Megaworks THX550 5.1
Headphones: Etymotic hf2 / Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 Pro
Storage: 8x2TB Hitachi @ DELL PERC 6/i RAID6 / 13TB Non-RAID Across 12 HDDs
Consoles: PS3 Slim 120GB / Xbox 360 Arcade 20GB / PS2
It squares up to the N2050 and in comparison to USB 2.0 is a lot quicker, which is what in our opinion warrants the award.
I don't agree that big mode is any safer than RAID-0 really. If a drive fails you're still losing data; all of it if you're unlucky... so only slightly safer.
NVRAID 0 isn't with two 750GB disks it's with 2x 250GB disks. Seems the pependicularly arranged 750GB can read mighty fast.
Hope that clears a few things up.
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