Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 07:10:09 -0500 From: Tim <tim@futuresouth.com> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: Lawrence Farr <freebsd-isp@epcdirect.co.uk>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3Ware Escalade vs. Adaptec 2400A - test results Message-ID: <20011024071009.A66895@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20011024074004.02567da0@192.168.0.12>; from mike@sentex.net on Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 07:40:34AM -0400 References: <001c01c15ba1$74cf9cf0$c806a8c0@lfarr> <002501c15c7a$e15cded0$c806a8c0@lfarr> <5.1.0.14.0.20011024074004.02567da0@192.168.0.12>
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We have a lightly loaded machine running the 2400S (old DPT Decade).
I would imagine for the 2400A it's about the same. Adaptec publishes the
management tools for the 2400S on their website for FreeBSD.
Seems to work just fine. Doesn't have the web interface like 3ware
though. I don't use X so I can't comment on that version. Sampel
output included.
Tim
/usr/dpt # ./raidutil -L all
RAIDUTIL Version: 3.04 Date: 9/27/2000 FreeBSD CLI Configuration Utility
Adaptec ENGINE Version: 3.04 Date: 9/27/2000 Adaptec FreeBSD SCSI Engine
# b0 b1 b2 Controller Cache FW NVRAM Serial Status
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
d0 -- DPT PM1564U3 4MB 3013 DPT V1.0 03-009526 Optimal
Physical View
Address Type Manufacturer/Model Capacity Status
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
d0b0t0d0 Disk Drive (DASD) IBM DORS-32160W !# 2063MB Optimal
d0b0t1d0 Disk Drive (DASD) IBM DORS-32160W !# 2063MB Optimal
Logical View
Address Type Manufacturer/Model Capacity Status
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
d0b0t0d0 RAID 1 (Mirrored) DPT RAID-1 2063MB Optimal
d0b0t0d0 Disk Drive (DASD) IBM DORS-32160W !2063MB Optimal
d0b0t1d0 Disk Drive (DASD) IBM DORS-32160W !2063MB Optimal
Address Max Speed Actual Rate / Width
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
d0b0t0d0 Ultra3 40 MB/sec wide
d0b0t1d0 Ultra3 40 MB/sec wide
Address Manufacturer/Model Write Cache Mode (HBA/Device)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
d0b0t0d0 DPT RAID-1 Write Back / --
d0b0t0d0 IBM DORS-32160W !# -- / Write Back
d0b0t1d0 IBM DORS-32160W !# -- / Write Back
# Controller Cache FW NVRAM BIOS SMOR Serial
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
d0 DPT PM1564U3 4MB 3013 DPT V1.0 1.2H 1.11/1EI 03-009526
# Controller Status Voltage Current Full Cap Rem Cap Rem
# Time
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
d0 DPT PM1564U3 No battery
Address Manufacturer/Model FW Serial 123456789012
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
d0b0t0d0 IBM DORS-32160W !# WA3E 5U5P5278 -XXXX--X-O--
d0b0t1d0 IBM DORS-32160W !# WA3E 5U5P5203 -XXXX--X-O--
Capabilities Map: Column 1 = Soft Reset
Column 2 = Cmd Queuing
Column 3 = Linked Cmds
Column 4 = Synchronous
Column 5 = Wide 16
Column 6 = Wide 32
Column 7 = Relative Addr
Column 8 = SCSI II
Column 9 = S.M.A.R.T.
Column 0 = SCAM
Column 1 = SCSI-3
Column 2 = SAF-TE
X = Capability Exists, - = Capability does not exist, O = Not Supported
On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 07:40:34AM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:
>
> What are the management tools like for the card ? Any sense of stability ?
>
> ---Mike
>
> At 11:58 AM 10/24/2001 +0100, Lawrence Farr wrote:
> >Here are the results of a quick test of the Adaptec 2400A vs 3Ware 7xxx
> >Series.
> >
> >I have 4 x Western Digital WD100BB 100Gb Drives connected to an Adaptec
> >2400A controller
> >with 32Mb of cache setup as a Raid5 volume.
> >Using a simple script to generate a 1Gb file and read it back, I filled
> >the disk completely.
> >
> > >From the logs it generated:
> >
> >64Kb Stripe size:
> >
> >Pass 6 - 1048576 kb written in 89 seconds, at 11781 kb/Sec
> >Pass 6 - 1048576 kb read in 35 seconds, at 29959 kb/Sec
> >Pass 7 - 1048576 kb written in 88 seconds, at 11915 kb/Sec
> >Pass 7 - 1048576 kb read in 36 seconds, at 29127 kb/Sec
> >
> >256Kb Stripe size:
> >
> >Pass 6 - 1048576 kb written in 84 seconds, at 12483 kb/Sec
> >Pass 6 - 1048576 kb read in 42 seconds, at 24966 kb/Sec
> >Pass 7 - 1048576 kb written in 84 seconds, at 12483 kb/Sec
> >Pass 7 - 1048576 kb read in 43 seconds, at 24385 kb/Sec
> >
> >And the 3Ware in Raid5 using 8 disks, 64k Stripe size:
> >
> >Pass 23 - 1048576 kb written in 115 seconds, at 9118 kb/Sec
> >Pass 23 - 1048576 kb read in 15 seconds, at 69905 kb/Sec
> >Pass 24 - 1048576 kb written in 116 seconds, at 9039 kb/Sec
> >Pass 24 - 1048576 kb read in 15 seconds, at 69905 kb/Sec
> >
> >Not really a straight comparison as the 3Ware has more spindles, but
> >that's as quick as it goes.
> >
> >Iozone reckons:
> >
> >File size set to 10240 KB
> > Time Resolution = 0.000005 seconds.
> > Processor cache size set to 1024 Kbytes.
> > Processor cache line size set to 32 bytes.
> > File stride size set to 17 * record size.
> > random
> >random bkwd record stride
> > KB reclen write rewrite read reread read
> >write read rewrite read fwrite frewrite fread freread
> > 10240 4 17051 12833 201499 201916 168562
> >6888 182840 310519 171512 16444 17486 171286 171409
> >
> >It's a damn shame about 3Ware.
> >
> >Lawrence Farr
> >EPC Direct Limited mailto:lawrence@epcdirect.co.uk
> >T:01179666123 F:01179666111 M:07970780901
>
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