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LSI MegaRAID SATA and SAS 9260-8i RAID Card Review
| Manufacturer: | LSI |
| Product: | LSI MegaRAID 9260-8i |
| Date: | Tue, Jan 19, 2010 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Chris Morrell - |
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Test Setup
Today I'm using my P55 testbed to review the LSI 9260-8i. I used Windows Vista x64 Ultimate with SP1 installed along with the 9.10 Catalyst drivers. For the RAID configuration I stuck with a default 128kb stripe with 4kb clusters. This is far from ideal but was chosen to reduce the number of tests and graphs. For the tests I used IOMeter and a test file that ran through a set of file transfer sizes with exponential queue depths and 10 second ramp times before each test. Sequential and random read and write tests were performed to provide theoretical maximum throughput in addition to a set of combined read/write tests designed to simulate email server, workstation, and web server loads.
For controllers I have four options available to me. The two non-SAS controllers were the Areca 1220 and the ICH10R integrated into the chipset of my Gigabyte P55A-UD6. The two SAS controllers were the Adaptec 5805 and LSI 9260-8i. Cached writes were enabled on all controllers along with read-ahead when available.
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Brand/Model |
Live Pricing |
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Processor |
Intel Core i7 860 |
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Motherboard |
Gigabyte P55A-UD6
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Memory |
Kingston 1600C8 2x2GB.
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Video Card |
Asus HD4980 |
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Hard Drive |
Seagate Cheetah NS.2 |
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Cooling |
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus |
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Power Supply |
Corsair HX1000 |
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate |
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Next Page - RAID0 4kb Results
| Review Index |
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Page 1 - RAID Cards and You
Page 2 - LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i Page 3 - Test Setup Page 4 - RAID0 4kb Results Page 5 - RAID0 64kb Results Page 6 - RAID0 1024kb Results Page 7 - RAID5 4kb Results Page 8 - RAID5 64kb Results Page 9 - RAID5 1024kb Results Page 10 - Conclusion |
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