This knowledge base (KB) applies to the following NVMe RAID AICs.   Table 1: Support NVMe RAID AICs   Support NVMe RAID AICs SSD7101A-1 SSD7104 SSD7105 SSD7204 SSD7140A SSD7540 SSD7749M SSD7749M2 SSD7749E SSD7505 SSD7202 SSD7502 SSD7120 SSD7180 SSD7184 SSD7580B SSD7580C   Steps 1. Download the Performance Test tool. We recommend using the fio utility to test the NVMe RAID array’s performance in a Linux environment. 1) Download fio (The following example was created using an U

This knowledge base (KB) applies to the following NVMe RAID AICs.   Table 1: Support NVMe RAID AICs   Support NVMe RAID AICs SSD7101A-1 SSD7104 SSD7105 SSD7204 SSD7140A SSD7540 SSD7749M SSD7749M2 SSD7749E SSD7505 SSD7202 SSD7502 SSD7120 SSD7180 SSD7184 SSD7580B SSD7580C   Steps Step 1 Download Performance Testing tool We recommend using the ATTO Disk Benchmark utility to test the NVMe RAID array’s performance in a Mac Pro 2019 environment. 1. Download ATTO Disk Benchmark (a m

This knowledge base (KB) applies to the following NVMe RAID AICs.   Table 1: Support NVMe RAID AICs   Support NVMe RAID AICs SSD7101A-1 SSD7104 SSD7105 SSD7204 SSD7140A SSD7540 SSD7749M SSD7749M2 SSD7749E SSD7505 SSD7202 SSD7502 SSD7120 SSD7180 SSD7184 SSD7580B SSD7580C SSD6204A SSD6202A   Prerequisites 1. An NVMe SSD must be installed . You must have at least one NVMe SSD installed into the SSD7000 Series RAID controllers. 2. A PCIe 3.0/4.0 slot with x8 or x16 lanes. 1) SSD7

This knowledge base (KB) applies to the following NVMe RAID AICs.   Table 1: Support NVMe RAID AICs   Support NVMe RAID AICs SSD7101A-1 SSD7104 SSD7105 SSD7204 SSD7140A SSD7540 SSD7749M SSD7749M2 SSD7749E SSD7505 SSD7202 SSD7502 SSD7120 SSD7180 SSD7184 SSD7580B SSD7580C   1. Overivew The three most common benchmark utilities are FIO, HDparm and “dd”. We used each utility with the SSD7103 to document how these tools are able to test NVMe performance. We found that FIO was the

This knowledge base (KB) applies to the following NVMe RAID AICs.   Table 1: Support NVMe RAID AICs   Support NVMe RAID AICs SSD7101A-1 SSD7104 SSD7105 SSD7204 SSD7140A SSD7540 SSD7749M SSD7749M2 SSD7749E SSD7505 SSD7202 SSD7502 SSD7120 SSD7180 SSD7184 SSD7580B SSD7580C SSD6204A SSD6202A SSD6540   We provide two types of reports for most of our product series – Compatibility and Performance. Our compatibility reports focus on general functionality, and server as reference mat

This knowledge base (KB) applies to the following NVMe RAID AICs.   Table 1: Support NVMe RAID AICs   Support NVMe RAID AICs SSD7101A-1 SSD7104 SSD7105 SSD7204 SSD7140A SSD7540 SSD7749M SSD7749M2 SSD7749E SSD7505 SSD7202 SSD7502 SSD7120 SSD7180 SSD7184 SSD7580B SSD7580C   For many NVMe-based storage applications, the security-performance tradeoff required for RAID 5 & 6 support is less than ideal. NVMe media is significantly more reliable than platter-based storage (conventio