HP 273914-B21 HP Smart Array Controller technology, 3rd edition - Page 12

DATA RATE (MB Per Second) The performance gains shown by the Smart Array P411 in RAID 5 and 6 sequential writes (Figures 4 and 5) result from improvements to the Smart Array firmware and hardware. The RAID 5 maximum sequential read/write performance test results shown in Figure 4 indicate significant performance gains for the Smart Array P411 over the previous generation P800 controller. Figure 4. Maximum sequential read/write performance for the Smart Array P800 and P411 controllers in a RAID 5 environment RAID-5, Maximum performance 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 4KB SEQ READ 64KB SEQ READ 512KB SEQ READ 1MB SEQ READ 4KB SEQ WRITE 64KB SEQ WRITE 128KB SEQ WRITE 256KB SEQ WRITE P411, 512MB, fw:2.50, RAID 5 (256KB), D2700, 14-146GB SFF 6Gb SAS 15K, DL380-G6 P800, 512MB, fw:7.00, RAID 5 (256KB), MSA70, 14-146GB SFF 3Gb SAS 15K, DL380-G5 512KB SEQ WRITE Again, the RAID 6 maximum sequential read/write performance test results shown in Figure 5 indicate significant performance gains for the Smart Array P411 over the previous-generation P800 controller. 12