On 10/12/14 12:28, Strahinja Kustudić wrote:
* These tests are with the H710p controller set to write-back (WB) and with adaptive read ahead (ADRA). I ran a few tests with write-through (WT) and no read ahead (NORA), but the results were worse.
That is interesting: I've done some testing on this type of card with 16 (slightly faster Hitachi) SSD attached. Setting WT and NORA should enable the so-called 'fastpath' mode for the card [1]. We saw performance improve markedly (300MB/s random write go to 1300MB/s).
This *might* be related to the fact that 16 SSD can put out more IOPS than the card can actually handle - whereas your 8 S3500 is probably the perfect number (e.g 8*11000 = 88000 which the card can handle ok).
[1] If you make the change while there are no outstanding background operations (array rebuild etc) in progress (see http://www.flagshiptech.com/eBay/Dell/poweredgeh310h710h810UsersGuide.pdf).
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