Takajun's Video Room. The introduction of 3Ware 9500S-8 (1)

Being not to see completely, it does, the instruction manual of 3Ware 9500S-8, but there is no about it changes from other RAID Card that much, on the other hand it could construct RAID easily.

Job is simple. When the assembly and power of PC are turned on, Post of BIOS starts moving.

When in the flow, the picture in the left figure comes out instantly, two Keys of Alt and 3 are pushed.

Because this picture relatively is brief, the fact that you push quickly is secret.

It enters into the BIOS picture of 3Ware.

It selects with the cursor key, keeps deciding with the Enter Key it installs which HDD in Array of RAID.

When selection completes, * is indicated in the Port number which is before the name of HDD.

When all HDD are selected, Create Unit which is under the left is selected.

When it does, because you inquire about the type of RAID which we would like to construct, RAID 5 is selected from RAID Configration.

If there is a money, purchasing 3Ware 9500S-12, it is we would like to select RAID 50 with 12 HDD.

When RAID 5 is selected, suddenly there is no Battery Backup of red Unit! With the note writing which is said comes out, but because also UPS has been attached to this Server, that Yes is selected whether it is good well.

Concerning Battery Backup Unit, because I point to mutual link it is in detail explained to HomePage of Mr. Nagata, there referenceWith this, the preparation which constructs RAID 5 was possible.

Furthermore, when this time, entire capacity, has become the indication of 2TB, selecting Policy from the picture of RAID construction, it is necessary to select 2TB Auto-Carving.

RAID 5 is constructed, but as for the existing data a message that is made it goes out. Of course, Yes is selected.

Caution：Beyond the 2TB Barrier

The current AMCC Storage 9000 series controllers support array greater than 2TB.However, not all operating systems support array sizes great than 2TB. Under Linux, use the "parted" tool to create arrays of greater than 2TB. Current releases of the Windows operating system do not support greater than 2TB. If an array of 3TB is selected, the current version of Windows will recognize and format the first 1.99 (2TB) of storage space. Windows 2003 is still in beta. It is yet to seen if Windows 2003 will provide more than 2TB support in its final release. The 3Ware firmware will support 64-bit LBA, which will satisfy the array capacity requirements up to 9 zettabytes. 264x512 bytes = 9,444,732,965,739,290,427,392 bytes.

It changes to the RAID construction picture. When time was measured with a stopwatch of manual operation, 1% 1 minute or less it was required for constructing.

Because they are approximately 100 minutes in the RAID 5 construction of 2TB, you think that it is high speed very.

Until construction ends, because either it cannot install OS, freely and easily the coffee time.... (^_^)

Because in the installation picture of Windows XP, the unused territory is indicated 200262MB, being able to guarantee 2TB it will make the thing which is.

Taking HDbench of 3Ware 9500S-8 and Kurouto Shikou, SATARAID5-LPPCI.

AMCC 3ware 9000 Series SATA RAID Controller Silicon Image SiI 3114 SoftRaid 5 Controller

* * *HDBENCH Ver 3.30 (C)EP82reforming/Kazu * * *
M/B Name Gigabyte GA-K8V Ultra-939
Processor No Data 2012.68MHz [ AuthenticAMD family F model 3 step 2 ]
VideoCard ASUS A7000
Resolution 1024x768 (32Bit color)
Memory 2096,620 KByte
OS 5.1 (Build: 2600) Service Pack 2
Date 2005/08/27 21:13

VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Primary IDE channel
E-IDE CD-ROM 40X/AKU

AMCC 3ware 9000 Series SATA RAID Controller
AMCC 9500S- B0:Drv00a2.06
* * * HDBENCH Ver 3.30 (C)EP82reforming/Kazu * * *
M/B Name Gigabyte GA-K8V Ultra-939
Processor No Data 2012.68MHz [ AuthenticAMD family F model 3 step 2 ]
VideoCard ASUS A7000
Resolution 1024x768 (32Bit color)
Memory 1048,040 KByte
OS 5.1 (Build: 2600) Service Pack 2
Date 2005/08/12 20:15

VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Primary IDE channel
E-IDE CD-ROM 40X/AKU

VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Secondary IDE channel

Silicon Image SiI 3114 SoftRaid 5 Controller
SiImage

ALL Integer Float MemoryR MemoryW MemoryRW DirectDraw

3ware 9000S-8 63980 187250 219705 192818 93848 181193 19

SATARAID5-LPPCI 58404 182525 213957 188108 95897 184264 19

Rectangle Text Ellipse BitBlt Read Write Copy Drive

20526 20639 7018 260 61207 35992 2568 C:\100MB

18143 52040 8361 259 44872 12897 3260 C:\100MB

When with just Write Speed of HDD of 3ware 9000S-8 and SATARAID5-LPPCI it compares, approximately 3 times, price difference is 20 times. Whether the control program it is possible and thinks of condition, can use SATARAID5-LPPCI unexpectedly?

But, I recommend 3Ware 6500S-8.

	Being not to see completely, it does, the instruction manual of 3Ware 9500S-8, but there is no about it changes from other RAID Card that much, on the other hand it could construct RAID easily. Job is simple. When the assembly and power of PC are turned on, Post of BIOS starts moving. When in the flow, the picture in the left figure comes out instantly, two Keys of Alt and 3 are pushed. Because this picture relatively is brief, the fact that you push quickly is secret.
	It enters into the BIOS picture of 3Ware. It selects with the cursor key, keeps deciding with the Enter Key it installs which HDD in Array of RAID. When selection completes, * is indicated in the Port number which is before the name of HDD.
	When all HDD are selected, Create Unit which is under the left is selected. When it does, because you inquire about the type of RAID which we would like to construct, RAID 5 is selected from RAID Configration. If there is a money, purchasing 3Ware 9500S-12, it is we would like to select RAID 50 with 12 HDD.

	When RAID 5 is selected, suddenly there is no Battery Backup of red Unit! With the note writing which is said comes out, but because also UPS has been attached to this Server, that Yes is selected whether it is good well. Concerning Battery Backup Unit, because I point to mutual link it is in detail explained to HomePage of Mr. Nagata, there referenceWith this, the preparation which constructs RAID 5 was possible. Furthermore, when this time, entire capacity, has become the indication of 2TB, selecting Policy from the picture of RAID construction, it is necessary to select 2TB Auto-Carving. RAID 5 is constructed, but as for the existing data a message that is made it goes out. Of course, Yes is selected. Caution：Beyond the 2TB Barrier The current AMCC Storage 9000 series controllers support array greater than 2TB.However, not all operating systems support array sizes great than 2TB. Under Linux, use the "parted" tool to create arrays of greater than 2TB. Current releases of the Windows operating system do not support greater than 2TB. If an array of 3TB is selected, the current version of Windows will recognize and format the first 1.99 (2TB) of storage space. Windows 2003 is still in beta. It is yet to seen if Windows 2003 will provide more than 2TB support in its final release. The 3Ware firmware will support 64-bit LBA, which will satisfy the array capacity requirements up to 9 zettabytes. 264x512 bytes = 9,444,732,965,739,290,427,392 bytes.

	It changes to the RAID construction picture. When time was measured with a stopwatch of manual operation, 1% 1 minute or less it was required for constructing. Because they are approximately 100 minutes in the RAID 5 construction of 2TB, you think that it is high speed very. Until construction ends, because either it cannot install OS, freely and easily the coffee time.... (^_^) Because in the installation picture of Windows XP, the unused territory is indicated 200262MB, being able to guarantee 2TB it will make the thing which is.

	ALL	Integer	Float	MemoryR	MemoryW	MemoryRW	DirectDraw
3ware 9000S-8	63980	187250	219705	192818	93848	181193	19
SATARAID5-LPPCI	58404	182525	213957	188108	95897	184264	19

Rectangle	Text	Ellipse	BitBlt	Read	Write	Copy	Drive
20526	20639	7018	260	61207	35992	2568	C:\100MB
18143	52040	8361	259	44872	12897	3260	C:\100MB