Raidion LTX performance on the random portion of BYTE's NetWare File I/O tests. Each graph shows a
ggregate throughput as additional tasks (test threads) are added. Both figures show results for a single Micropolis 2217 1.7-GB hard drive for comparison. With small block accesses, (4 KB) the Gandiva controller's over 6 MB of cache keeps the Raidion operating at high-throughput levels until about 20 tasks are running, when throughput begins to degrade rapidly. With large block sizes (8 KB) the throughput is impressive, but once the cache is overwhelmed, the array's performance drops below that of a single drive. Both figures show only a small performance drop when operating with a drive down. The test does not take advantage of NetWare software caching.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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