My Compaq SmartArray 3200 under SuSE 9.2 seems pretty slow. Is there some
voodoo in the BIOS of a Compaq machine that makes it work properly? I don't
have a Compaq machine, just the SmartArray card cabled externally to a
Proliant with everything disabled and unplugged except the power supply,
case fans, and Compaq array cages.
The test results didn't change materially when I added another controller
(the promise Ultra 100 ATA).
The docs say you can use both external connections if you don't use the
inside ones, so I did that. I have a 5-drive hotswap cage cabled to one
external connector, and a 3-drive hotswap cage cabled to the other.
The third group is the Compaq array controller.
Benchmark test results, Bonnie++
bonnie++ -m Tolkien -d /max40/test # Maxtor 40gb drive on Promise Ultra
100 ATA controller
Version 1.01d ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block--
--Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
Tolkien 1256M 17878 85 35175 57 16413 36 19369 86 40031 51 180.2 1
------Sequential Create------ --------Random
Create--------
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read---
-Delete--
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec
%CP /sec %CP
16 254 88 +++++ +++ 24774 90 268 88 +++++
+++ 1672 88
Tolkien,1256M,17878,85,35175,57,16413,36,19369,86,40031,51,180.2,1,16,254,88,+++++,+++,24774,90,268,88,+++++,+++,1672,88
bonnie++ -m Tolkien -d /test # Built in IDE controller
Version 1.01d ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block--
--Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
Tolkien 1256M 12668 75 14649 29 5970 13 8376 38 8771 12 162.0 1
------Sequential Create------ --------Random
Create--------
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read---
-Delete--
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec
%CP /sec %CP
16 3644 90 +++++ +++ 3210 76 3745 91 +++++
+++ 3427 91
Tolkien,1256M,12668,75,14649,29,5970,13,8376,38,8771,12,162.0,1,16,3644,90,+++++,+++,3210,76,3745,91,+++++,+++,3427,91
bonnie++ -m Tolkien -d /movies/test # Compaq 3200 / Smart-2/P Raid
controller, 8 x 18gb SCSI ultra-3 drives
Version 1.01d ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block--
--Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
Tolkien 1256M 2454 14 2524 4 1439 3 9611 44 17958 25 289.5 3
------Sequential Create------ --------Random
Create--------
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read---
-Delete--
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec
%CP /sec %CP
16 3872 86 +++++ +++ 3462 84 3804 88 +++++
+++ 3061 85
Tolkien,1256M,2454,14,2524,4,1439,3,9611,44,17958,25,289.5,3,16,3872,86,+++++,+++,3462,84,3804,88,+++++,+++,3061,85
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