I'll do some stuff in here on this subject, is it worth it ?
Test System:
ASUS P8Z77 WS
Core i5-3470T
16GB RAM
IBM M1015 in IR mode with 2x 60GB OCZ Solid3 in RAID0 as boot
IBM M5015 with Adv feature key
LSI9261 with SW keys enabled and CacheCade v2.0 Pro trial key.
6x2TB Hitchi 7k2000 2TB Drives in RAID5 (9TB)
CacheCade / SSD Cache done with 2x 60GB OCZ Solid3 in RAID0 (different drives to boot)
Windows Server 2k12 Datacenter with GUI
Atto benchmark, gives maximum possible speeds, real life will be greatly different.
Each test was setup and then rebooted to perform tests
Below are benchies with IBM ServeRAID M5015 and different Cache settings:
NO Read ahead, no Cached IO, Drive cache off
Read Ahead on, Cached IO, Drive Cache on
A very slight performance increase, best the M5015 can do.
Notice the 512MB cache coming into play in the above, the M5014 should peak at 256MB
The LSI with nothing of it's extra features enabled behaved exactly the same
LSI9261 CacheCade V2.0 (not the Pro version)
CC v2 does nothing by it's self, the SSDs need pairing with a Virtual drive.
LSI9261 only with SSD cache (CacheCade not enabled)
SSD cache enabling makes a huge difference to the read speeds, nearly 3GB/s is phenomenal, 500MB/s write also a good performance boost over the 110MB max (but due to caching)
LSI9261 with CacheCade V2.0 Pro, SSD cache enabled
This time round the write speed jumps to twice the normal speed, the read speed maxes out at around 1.3GB/s
SSD Cache gives a huge read boost with ATTO, gives healthy boost to writes also.
CacheCade 2.0 Pro nearly reaches 10x Write speeds over normal, and same for reads, the new write feature of CC 2.0 pro paying off nicely
CC 2.0 Pro does double the SSD-Caching write speeds, but then looses over 1/2 the read speeds, so depending on needs you may not need CC 2.0 pro
Is CacheCade 2.0 Pro worth the premium price that LSI demands of it ?
Test System:
ASUS P8Z77 WS
Core i5-3470T
16GB RAM
IBM M1015 in IR mode with 2x 60GB OCZ Solid3 in RAID0 as boot
IBM M5015 with Adv feature key
LSI9261 with SW keys enabled and CacheCade v2.0 Pro trial key.
6x2TB Hitchi 7k2000 2TB Drives in RAID5 (9TB)
CacheCade / SSD Cache done with 2x 60GB OCZ Solid3 in RAID0 (different drives to boot)
Windows Server 2k12 Datacenter with GUI
Atto benchmark, gives maximum possible speeds, real life will be greatly different.
Each test was setup and then rebooted to perform tests
Below are benchies with IBM ServeRAID M5015 and different Cache settings:
NO Read ahead, no Cached IO, Drive cache off
Read Ahead on, Cached IO, Drive Cache on
A very slight performance increase, best the M5015 can do.
Notice the 512MB cache coming into play in the above, the M5014 should peak at 256MB
The LSI with nothing of it's extra features enabled behaved exactly the same
LSI9261 CacheCade V2.0 (not the Pro version)
CC v2 does nothing by it's self, the SSDs need pairing with a Virtual drive.
LSI9261 only with SSD cache (CacheCade not enabled)
SSD cache enabling makes a huge difference to the read speeds, nearly 3GB/s is phenomenal, 500MB/s write also a good performance boost over the 110MB max (but due to caching)
LSI9261 with CacheCade V2.0 Pro, SSD cache enabled
This time round the write speed jumps to twice the normal speed, the read speed maxes out at around 1.3GB/s
SSD Cache gives a huge read boost with ATTO, gives healthy boost to writes also.
CacheCade 2.0 Pro nearly reaches 10x Write speeds over normal, and same for reads, the new write feature of CC 2.0 pro paying off nicely
CC 2.0 Pro does double the SSD-Caching write speeds, but then looses over 1/2 the read speeds, so depending on needs you may not need CC 2.0 pro
Is CacheCade 2.0 Pro worth the premium price that LSI demands of it ?
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