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Does RAID0 Really Increase Disk Performance?
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Reviews Last Updated: November 1, 2006
Page: 2 of 6
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How We Tested

During our benchmarking sessions, we used the configuration listed below. Between our benchmarking sessions the only variable was the hard disk drive configuration.
 
Hardware Configuration

Software Configuration

  • Windows XP Professional installed using NTFS
  • Service Pack 2
  • DirectX 9.0c

Driver Versions

  • NVIDIA video driver version: 91.47
  • Intel Inf chipset driver version: 8.0.1.1002
  • Audio driver version: Sigmatel 5.10.5143
  • LAN driver version: Intel Pro/1000 9.5.12.0
  • RAID driver version (Marvell): 1.1.0.38-beta
  • RAID driver version (Intel): 5.5.0.1035

Used Software

We adopted a 3% error margin; thus, differences below 3% cannot be considered relevant. In other words, products with a performance difference below 3% should be considered as having similar performance.

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