Test: HighPoint RocketRaid 3120 PCIex1 2xSATA controller under FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE

[Lukas Razik]

Hello Jeremy!

We wrote about Areca's and HighPoint's HW-RAID controllers some weeks ago:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/2008-August/005339.html

Now I've tested the HighPoint RocketRAID 3120 controller with two Samsung 
320GB SATA (HD322HJ) harddisks under FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE with the bonnie++ 
harddisk benchmark and the following modes:

JBOD:
http://net.razik.de/HPT_RR_3120/bonnie_JBOD.html
RAID1:
http://net.razik.de/HPT_RR_3120/bonnie_RAID1.html
RAID0:
http://net.razik.de/HPT_RR_3120/bonnie_RAID0.html

I don't  know the controllers from Areca but I think the reached values are 
O.K.  Anyhow, the performance is better than with my old 3ware 8006-2LP PCI 
controller.
Tested filesystem was: UFS2 with enabled Soft Updates.

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Under Vista 64 (Benchmark: HD Tune):
http://net.razik.de/HPT_RR_3120/Vista_HDTune_Benchmark_HPT_____DISK_0_0_JBOD.png
http://net.razik.de/HPT_RR_3120/Vista_HDTune_Benchmark_HPT_____DISK_0_0_RAID1.png
http://net.razik.de/HPT_RR_3120/Vista_HDTune_Benchmark_HPT_____DISK_0_0_RAID0.png

One Samsung HD322HJ @ ICH9R onboard controller:
http://net.razik.de/HPT_RR_3120/Vista_HDTune_Benchmark_SAMSUNG_HD322HJ.png

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Regards,
Lukas


PS:
bonnie++ : http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++
http://www.hdtune.com/