Hardware pr0n...w00t!

[Snee]

Sorry to interrupt but there's a hawt topic on /. and I thought maybe you guys like to take a peek also.
(I know you peps like this stuff)

For hardcore serverpr0n, check the:
Homebuilt 19" Mini-ITX Server Rack.

Was it from here: http://www.mini-itx.com/ ?

There's one among the projects, anyway.

[Afronaut]

Somehow I did manage to feck teh link.

here it is:
http://home19.inet.tele.dk/jys0500/rack/

the slashdot link is in my earlier post as ---> /. but here is that too:

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article...id=222&tid=137


Come to think of it, I dont think it has the latest hardware but me been a
some sorta musician I get woody just seeing the rack, hehe...

[clocker]

Sprocket is now RAIDed.
It was a stone bitch to achieve...DFI provides zero documentation and the required settings are spread out all over the BIOS.

Literally just finished the install as I flew out the door for work this AM so there is no performance data as yet.
Shall spend some time doing the normal XP tweaking and loading and see whether this nightmare was worth it.

[clocker]

Hmmm.
Well, is RAID worth the hassle to set up?
You decide.

Here is a shot from a few months ago.
This is a single Raptor...


Now the Raptor is joined by it's twin in RAID0...

Rather dramatic difference I would say.

[Virtualbody1234]

Is the drive access speed noticeable when using the PC?

[clocker]

Can't really say yet, VB.
Haven't really had a chance to do anything, still installing and tweaking XP so regular use hasn't happened.
It seems likely that there should be a noticable difference, but I'll let you know.

[Snee]

They don't support NCQ too, do they?

[clocker]

No.
Raptor's make up with sheer speed their lack of new tech.

New record for SuperPi...

I shall break into the 29's with this rig.
FYI, the lowest score I've ever seen is 26.2 seconds.

Don't think I can get there, but it's fun to try.

[Snee]

I thought as much, I wonder how fast a raptor with ncq would go.

(congratz on the speeds, btw)

[lynx]

You've certainly achieved some impressive gains in both sequential read speed and burst transfer speed. Unfortunately, since we rarely have control of how our data is written to the disk large scale sequential reading is so rare that it is unlikely to be a factor in day to day performance. Sadly most tests seem to want to show raw power rather than usability.

A better test would have been a few minutes of totally random access, but unless you are going to de-raid for comparison it is rather meaningless. And of course since you have 2 disks it would be meaningful to do a similar test with both the drives being accessed randomly in non-raid mode too.

The latest 74GB Raptors certainly support NCQ, but I don't know about the ones you've got (though documantation would suggest not). I wonder how much difference that would make, especially in non-raid mode.