RocketRAID 3320 Performance Report

It’s a Brand New HighPoint! We are releasing the highest performing SATA II IOP hardware RAID controller (RocketRAID 3320) that beats the competition. The RocketRAID 3320 is powered by our advanced TerabyteStream™ technology with superior performance in heavy I/O environments and mission critical enterprise server environments. When RAID arrays are in degraded mode, TerabyteStream™ will optimize I/O requests and continue to offer the performance needed for large storage environments.

RAID 5 and RAID 6 arrays are tested with two conditions. The first testing condition is in Normal Mode. All drives in the storage array are fully accessible. Performance results are expected to be high in Normal Mode and the RocketRAID 3320 performance results are spectacular. The second testing condition is in Degraded Mode. The storage array is faulted and 1 drive is not accessible. Lower performance is expected but the RocketRAID 3320 outshines the competitors in every category while maintaining a high level performance.

The comparison charts in the preceding pages show performance comparison against the 3ware 9650SE-8 series host adapter.

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RocketRAID 3320 vs. 3ware 9650SE-8

RAID 6 Normal Mode

Linux - I/O Zone (KB/sec)

Note: Test results are based on GLP Licensed driver.

RocketRAID 3320 vs. 3ware 9650SE-8

RAID 6 Degraded Mode

Linux - I/O Zone (KB/sec)

Note: Test results are based on GLP Licensed driver.

TerabyteStream™ technology assures high RAID 5 performance in Normal Mode. The execution of optimized I/O’s assures the most efficient use of available bandwidth.

The superior performance of TerabyteStream™ can be seen when the RAID array is degraded. TerabyteStream will optimize I/O requests and continue to offer the performance needed for large storage environments.

RocketRAID 3320 vs. 3ware 9650SE-8

RAID 6 Normal Mode

Window 2003 - IOmeter

64K Sequential READ/WRITE (MB/sec)

RocketRAID 3320 vs. 3ware 9650SE-8

RAID 6 Degraded Mode

Window 2003 - IOmeter

64K Sequential READ/WRITE

TerabyteStream™ technology assures high RAID 6 performance in Normal Mode. There are no penalities execution of optimized I/O’s assures the most efficient use of available bandwidth.

RAID 6 arrays are vital for large storage environments. The potential for drive failures increase with larger drive capacities. To ensure business continuity TerabyteStream™ technology will optimize I/O performance when the RAID array is in degrade mode.

RocketRAID 3320 vs.3ware 9650SE-8

RAID 5 Normal Mode

Window 2003 - IOmeter

64K Sequential READ/WRITE (MB/sec)

RocketRAID 3320 vs. 3ware 9650SE-8

RAID 5 Degraded Mode

Window 2003 - IOmeter

64K Sequential READ/WRITE

TerabyteStream™ technology assures high RAID 5 performance in Normal Mode. The execution of optimized I/O’s assures the most efficient use of available bandwidth.

The superior performance of TerabyteStream™ can be seen when the RAID array is degraded. TerabyteStream™ will optimize I/O requests and continue to offer the performance needed for large storage environments.

	Test Environment

	CPU	XEON 3.0GHz
	Motherboard	Intel S5000VSA
	Memory	4GB SDRAM
	HDD	WD Raptor 150GB *8

	Windows OS	Windows 2003+SP1(En)
	Testing Utility	Iometer-2006.07.27.win32.i386

	Linux OS	Fedora Core 7
	Testing Utility	IOzone
	Testing Command Line	blockdev --setra 2048 /dev/sda . /iozone -f /sdb/test.log -s 4g -Rab xxx.xls -i 0 -i 1 -r 64
	Host Adapter BIOS/Firmware version
	HighPoint RocketRAID 3320 v1.3 3ware9650SE-8 3.08.02.005

	Host Adapter Device Driver
	HighPoint RocketRAID 3320 1.2.6.4 3ware9650SE-8 3.00.02.090