HP 504062-B21 Performance factors for HP ProLiant Serial Attached Storage (SAS - Page 7

Throughput performance: random operations of non-NCQ SATA, NCQ SATA, and SAS

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Figure 3. Throughput performance: random operations of non-NCQ SATA, NCQ SATA, and SAS 2-drive array with HP Smart Array P400 Controller, RAID 1 THROUGHPUT (IOPS) 1000 Random Opeations, RAID 1 (128 KB) IOMETER 07.30.2004 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 4KB RANDOM READ 4KB RANDOM WRITE 4KB OLTP 8KB RANDOM READ 8KB RANDOM WRITE 8KB OLTP 64KB RANDOM READ 64KB RANDOM WRITE SATA, Non-NCQ 60-GB, 5.4K, 25/75 R/W cache SATA, NCQ 120-GB, 5.4K, 25/75 R/W cache SAS, 72-GB, 15K, 25/75 R/W cache 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 7

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Figure 3.
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SATA, Non-NCQ 60-GB, 5.4K, 25/75 R/W cache
SATA, NCQ 120-GB, 5.4K, 25/75 R/W cache
SAS, 72-GB, 15K, 25/75 R/W cache
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