burlap.cs.uni.edu

Specs

• CPU:
  • Dual-socket, dual core 3.2GHz Woodcrest
• RAM:
  • 4GB FB-Dimms, 866MHz
• Motherboard:
  • Intel 5000PAL
• RAID Card:
  • HighPoint 2240, 16-port PCI-X, 4 Infiniband Connectors, all ports populated.
• Drives:
  • Standalone:
    • HTS721010G9AT00, ATA DISK drive (laptop format)
  • Array1: RAID-5 Hardware
    • (16) Western Digital (White Label) 1TB,16MB,SATAII
• PSU:
  • Dual 700 Watt (part of the case)
• Case:
  • SUPERMICRO CSE-836TQ-R800B Black
• OS:
  • Debian Lenny, of course.
• Other:
  • Filesystem is XFS

Additional description

"hdparm -Tt" benchmarks (Median of 5):
Array1:
 Timing cached reads: 924 MB in 2.00 seconds = 462.00 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads: 468 MB in 3.00 seconds = 155.80 MB/sec

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