Soft RAID10 P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache (through) Soft RAID10: Processor: AMD Opteron 4386 @ 3.10GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro H8SCM v1.02, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 4 x 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FZEX-0 + 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 7.5, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4 Samsung SSD 840 EVO: Processor: AMD Opteron 4386 @ 3.10GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro H8SCM v1.02, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 4 x 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FZEX-0 + 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 7.5, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4 P410 RAID10: Processor: AMD Opteron 4386 @ 3.10GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro H8SCM v1.02, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 2000GB LOGICAL VOLUME + 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Debian Linux 7.5, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), File-System: ext4 P410 RAID10 + Flashcache: Processor: AMD Opteron 4386 @ 3.10GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro H8SCM v1.02, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 2000GB LOGICAL VOLUME + 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Debian Linux 7.5, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4 P410 + Soft RAID10: Processor: AMD Opteron 4386 @ 3.10GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro H8SCM v1.02, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 4 x 1000GB LOGICAL VOLUME + 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 7.5, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4 P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache: Processor: AMD Opteron 4386 @ 3.10GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro H8SCM v1.02, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 4 x 1000GB LOGICAL VOLUME + 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 7.5, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4 AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 1769.48 |===================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 1760.96 |===================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 1734.18 |==================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 1486.13 |=============================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 1655.27 |=================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 1606.16 |================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Example Network Job Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 8.17 |======================================= Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 8.30 |======================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 8.27 |======================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 8.32 |======================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 8.24 |======================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 8.23 |======================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 2391.57 |======================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 124.01 |= P410 RAID10 .................... 1874.27 |=================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 3617.93 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 2295.95 |======================= P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 2706.78 |============================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 9.37 |= Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 38.90 |====== P410 RAID10 .................... 234.38 |================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 88.80 |============= P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 258.53 |====================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 82.30 |============ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 25.60 |=== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 72.80 |========= P410 RAID10 .................... 307.63 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 141.73 |================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 306.20 |====================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 53.40 |======= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 10.40 |= Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 38.93 |====== P410 RAID10 .................... 268.90 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 94.53 |============= P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 254.27 |==================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 58.83 |======== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 1261.97 |==================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 1278.97 |===================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 1225.47 |=================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 1228.10 |=================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 1291.93 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 1255.93 |==================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 9.23 |== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 54.31 |========= P410 RAID10 .................... 228.94 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 197.83 |================================= P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 224.69 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 196.61 |================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 19.41 |= Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 128.54 |===== P410 RAID10 .................... 966.81 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 620.58 |======================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 803.85 |================================ P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 463.36 |================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 12 MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 34.83 |= Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 195.35 |===== P410 RAID10 .................... 1346.94 |===================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 678.80 |=================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 1024.62 |============================ P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 230.34 |====== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 48 MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 101.13 |== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 401.31 |====== P410 RAID10 .................... 2371.21 |===================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 823.55 |============= P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 1887.27 |============================= P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 246.55 |==== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 128 MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 149.32 |=== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 569.53 |========== P410 RAID10 .................... 2022.82 |===================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 391.29 |======= P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 1395.04 |========================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 195.37 |==== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 256 MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 154.88 |====== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 695.65 |=========================== P410 RAID10 .................... 978.69 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 182.87 |======= P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 830.82 |================================ P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 174.73 |======= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 4309.65 |================================ Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 4862.05 |==================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 4983.19 |===================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 4877.62 |==================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 4953.97 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 4932.66 |===================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 4503.35 |================================= Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 4948.64 |==================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 4977.72 |==================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 5053.68 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 4933.97 |==================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 4950.25 |==================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 4706.99 |================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 5003.44 |==================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 5073.43 |===================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 5041.90 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 4973.17 |==================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 5016.88 |===================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 3358.82 |================================ Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 3794.70 |==================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 3831.85 |==================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 3903.45 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 3857.09 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 3861.33 |===================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 3655.54 |================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 3875.97 |===================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 3909.19 |===================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 3921.78 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 3890.66 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 3908.19 |===================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 3816.29 |=================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 3918.51 |==================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 3963.18 |===================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 3987.32 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 3965.06 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 3926.27 |==================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 249.42 |==================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 136.45 |=================== P410 RAID10 .................... 266.43 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 31.92 |===== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 262.98 |====================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 25.80 |==== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 237.13 |================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 137.18 |==================== P410 RAID10 .................... 263.87 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 54.81 |======== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 253.44 |==================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 25.65 |==== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 259.66 |=================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 140.65 |=================== P410 RAID10 .................... 282.26 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 83.13 |=========== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 269.58 |==================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 52.36 |======= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 239.08 |==================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 134.52 |==================== P410 RAID10 .................... 254.24 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 104.95 |================ P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 249.38 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 78.09 |============ IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 233.97 |=================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 136.01 |==================== P410 RAID10 .................... 254.96 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 89.31 |============= P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 247.69 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 87.95 |============= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 256.04 |=================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 139.34 |=================== P410 RAID10 .................... 276.53 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 108.85 |=============== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 265.19 |==================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 101.34 |============== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 4646.33 |================================= Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 5075.35 |==================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 5101.51 |==================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 5153.40 |==================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 5230.04 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 5122.94 |==================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 4932.15 |================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 5300.88 |==================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 5365.66 |===================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 5404.58 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 5306.78 |==================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 5249.82 |==================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 5227.71 |==================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 5274.87 |==================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 5446.44 |===================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 5428.01 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 5394.83 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 5306.94 |==================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 3474.12 |============================ Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 4533.76 |==================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 4634.81 |===================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 4671.46 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 4622.67 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 4478.00 |=================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 2661.00 |========================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 3543.60 |=================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 3587.35 |==================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 3720.23 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 3637.15 |==================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 3528.45 |=================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 246.03 |==================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 136.17 |==================== P410 RAID10 .................... 258.74 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 102.69 |=============== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 254.60 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 111.47 |================ IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 235.86 |=================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 137.65 |==================== P410 RAID10 .................... 257.46 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 109.26 |================ P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 249.40 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 100.84 |=============== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 255.18 |==================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 140.94 |==================== P410 RAID10 .................... 271.81 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 112.54 |================ P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 263.15 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 103.75 |=============== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 223.51 |========================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 152.77 |================== P410 RAID10 .................... 323.99 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 139.67 |================ P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 268.89 |================================ P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 132.36 |================ IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 220.86 |=========================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 148.79 |================== P410 RAID10 .................... 308.60 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 131.19 |================ P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 261.94 |================================ P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 113.30 |============== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 3768.43 |============================= Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 4562.52 |=================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 4811.03 |===================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 4824.81 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 4754.87 |==================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 4646.46 |==================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 228.19 |=========================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 154.13 |================== P410 RAID10 .................... 326.06 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 132.02 |=============== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 265.29 |=============================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 112.21 |============= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 865.05 |===================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 839.58 |==================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 887.10 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 737.78 |=============================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 892.08 |====================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 742.76 |================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 245.26 |===================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 250.17 |====================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 250.53 |====================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 235.60 |==================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 251.70 |====================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 238.58 |==================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 498.99 |==================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 522.38 |====================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 510.09 |===================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 512.67 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 504.90 |===================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 522.70 |====================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Soft RAID10 .................... 17449.78 |=================================== Samsung SSD 840 EVO ............ 17833.33 |==================================== P410 RAID10 .................... 17934.52 |==================================== P410 RAID10 + Flashcache ....... 17578.74 |=================================== P410 + Soft RAID10 ............. 17787.09 |==================================== P410 + Soft RAID1 + Flashcache . 17537.07 |===================================