fio_ 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2665 0 testing on CentOS 5.8 via the Phoronix Test Suite. PERC H710: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2665 0 @ 2.40GHz (8 Cores), Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 2 x 1000GB PERC H710 + 1999GB PERC H710 + 2GB Internal Dual SD, Graphics: Matrox G200eR2, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: CentOS 5.8, Kernel: 2.6.18-308.el5 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.1.2 20080704, File-System: ext3 R_S: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon 5140 @ 2.33GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant DL380 G5, Chipset: Intel 5000P MCH, Memory: 4 x 1024 MB DDR2-667MHz, Disk: 333GB, Graphics: ATI ES1000, Monitor: Smart Cable OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-15-generic (i686), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better PERC H710 . 1794.96 |========================================================== R_S ....... 916.53 |==============================