I apologize that this is slightly off-topic, but the simple fact is the folks in GH could care less about this info, and I know my mates here in the OC forum will...
Results of testing I did a week or so ago, sorry to all that it took so long to post! Disclaimer: This is my system, and the results are general, I have no idea if they'll be different on other systems, with different OS's, different drives, etc.
System:
P4B533-E
2xWD 80G SE's
1XWD 80G 7200rpm 2mb buffer
WinXP
HDTach >>> Sandra
Raid vs no Raid:
Raid: 46175.0 >>> 43526
no Raid: 40505.5 >>> 28341
All configs resulted in raid having better performance on my system
1 part vs 2 parts:
1 part Raid: 46175.0 >>> 43526
2 part Raid: 45770.0 >>> 39753
1 part Single: 40505.5 >>>28341
2 part Single: 40468.3 >>> 28332
These tests yielded more of a mixed result, but mostly it was 1 big partition that won here
JB drive vs BB drive
JB: 39292.0 >>> 26921
BB: 33124.8 >>> 23552
No comparison, the BB is a dog compared to JB in all configs...
Single drive on raid channel vs on ide channel
...for those who want to use raid card for more devices...
on raid: 40291.3 >>> 30054
on ide: 40505.5 >>> 28341
and so it went, very mixed results, sometimes HDTach was higher, sometimes lower, sometimes they were the same. sometimes results were better for on raid, sometimes not, I'm drawing no conclusions here. if anyone wants me to post all these results, let me know...
Results of testing I did a week or so ago, sorry to all that it took so long to post! Disclaimer: This is my system, and the results are general, I have no idea if they'll be different on other systems, with different OS's, different drives, etc.
System:
P4B533-E
2xWD 80G SE's
1XWD 80G 7200rpm 2mb buffer
WinXP
HDTach >>> Sandra
Raid vs no Raid:
Raid: 46175.0 >>> 43526
no Raid: 40505.5 >>> 28341
All configs resulted in raid having better performance on my system
1 part vs 2 parts:
1 part Raid: 46175.0 >>> 43526
2 part Raid: 45770.0 >>> 39753
1 part Single: 40505.5 >>>28341
2 part Single: 40468.3 >>> 28332
These tests yielded more of a mixed result, but mostly it was 1 big partition that won here
JB drive vs BB drive
JB: 39292.0 >>> 26921
BB: 33124.8 >>> 23552
No comparison, the BB is a dog compared to JB in all configs...
Single drive on raid channel vs on ide channel
...for those who want to use raid card for more devices...
on raid: 40291.3 >>> 30054
on ide: 40505.5 >>> 28341
and so it went, very mixed results, sometimes HDTach was higher, sometimes lower, sometimes they were the same. sometimes results were better for on raid, sometimes not, I'm drawing no conclusions here. if anyone wants me to post all these results, let me know...