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Need to write at 250MB/sec for ~15 min

IOMETER vote here too! Awesome tool for what you are trying to do. This site has a nice quick start Iometer tutorial: http://www.itechstorm.com/iometer-tutorial-introduction
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- Post #20
- Nov 10, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building
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Favorite graphics card of all time

I actually owned three different GPUs for a while (all were ATI 6970). They were PowerColor, Saphire, and the Diamond. BY FAR the Diamond was the best built card, ran slightly cooler, and considering the fan configuration the noise was tolerable compared to others. Proud owner of two Diamond...
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- Post #74
- Nov 10, 2011
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Is your processor Running slower than you think it should be ? Or at a different multiplier than it should be ?

Ya, when I first started overclocking, I took notice of this all important fact about the auto down-clocking to conserve power and reduce heat. I fist saw it using CPU-Z.
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- Post #59
- Nov 10, 2011
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Symptoms of SSD failure?

Stress testing it might not be a bad idea either. Before you get everything loaded up on it, run it through the paces with Iometer and stress the crap out of it for an hour or two. I use Iometer extensively for stress testing and load testing and would work great in your case. Good Iometer...
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- Post #12
- Nov 3, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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VMware ESXi Storage Server/SAN

Here is an example of a custom SAN build for use with VMware/ESXi. It looks like a pretty nice build for the price performance. I run a similar setup at home. But you could definitely use a build like this for a small environment or lightweight production environment. I like that they use...
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- Post #23
- Nov 3, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage

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Need to write at 250MB/sec for ~15 min

Favorite graphics card of all time

Is your processor Running slower than you think it should be ? Or at a different multiplier than it should be ?

Symptoms of SSD failure?

VMware ESXi Storage Server/SAN