iXBT Labs heeft een vervolg gepost op hun ATA66 en ATA100 controller roundup van begin deze maand. Dit keer werden de FastTrak 100 en HotRod 100 Pro ATA100 RAID controllers van Promise en Abit onder de loep genomen. Deze kaarten maken gebruik van de twee meest populaire IDE RAID controllers van dit moment, namelijk de Promise PDC20267 en HighPoint HPT370. Ter vergelijking nam iXBT ook de oudere Promise FastTrak66 in de test mee.
De Abit HotRod 100 Pro presteerde nogal wisselend in de benchmarks. De performance in de Business en High-End Disk Winmark test was in striping mode sneller dan die van de FastTrak 100, maar in de Disk Inspection en Threadmark test bleven de transfer rates ver achter bij de Promise kaart. De Promise FastTrak lijkt in ieder geval sneller te zijn in de mirroring mode:
Frankly speaking, we were a bit disappointed with the relatively low performance gain provided by Promise FastTrak100 controller compared to its predecessor (in case of 2 HDDs). However, on the other hand, we were very happy to find out that the price difference between these two controller cards makes only a few bucks. Moreover, we have to admit that FastTrak100 should be undoubtedly praised for the performance in mirror mode, which will ensure its application in file servers and workstations. As for the RAID array linear read problems, we really hope for the better here.And at last ABIT HotRod 100 Pro. Unfortunately, it turned out absolutely unsuitable for systems aimed at multimedia streams processing having shown considerably low and unstable performance in the appropriate benchmarks. But things are not dramatic at all. Hot Rod 100 Pro appeared the best in all file benchmarks having left both rivals far behind. So, it also has its strong point.
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