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<P><FONT size=2>Additionally to what I wrote in my last email on Cache + Backup,
RAID SCSI solutions are still quite expensive but very powerfull. Some PCs have
embeed RAID like DELL Poweredge 6500, and other Compaq proliant. Added to any
standard PC, the Mylex DAC960 with 64 Mb RAM is around $1000 + SCSI hard disk
drives for a total of approx $3000 -$4000. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>For around $400-$600 you can boost hard disk performance using
either IDE RAID 0 or ATA66 hard disks and controller.</FONT></P><FONT size=2>
<P><FONT size=2>Here is what I found on the web for windows 98 users. I didn't
test it myself, still I am sure I get superior performance using NT +
Supercache.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.promise.com/";>http://www.promise.com</A></FONT></P>
<P>The hard disk controller is manufactured by Promise technology.</P>
<P>basic non raid model is <A
href="http://www.promise.com/Products/idecards/u66.htm";>http://www.promise.com/Products/idecards/u66.htm</A>
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<H1><FONT size=3><B><I><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Summary
Points</FONT></I></B></FONT></H1></BLOCKQUOTE></TD>
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<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size=2>Two-to-three times faster than other IDE drive speeds</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Only
controller/cable combination to support 66MB/sec burst data transfers of
Ultra ATA/66 drives</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Bundles
FREE Ultra ATA/66 cable for higher speed and better signal integrity
</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Backward
compatibility supports UDMA/66, UDMA/33, EIDE, Fast ATA-2, and ATAPI
devices</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Separate
device timing per port allows running drives or devices at their highest
rated speeds</FONT> </LI>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Price is $37.86 at
buycomp.com</FONT></LI></UL></TD>
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<P><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>RAID 0 (stripping) or RAID 0+1
stripping+mirroring is at <A
href="http://www.promise.com/Products/ideraid/ft66page.htm";>http://www.promise.com/Products/ideraid/ft66page.htm</A></FONT></P>
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<P><SMALL><FONT size=3><SMALL><FONT size=3>FastTrak66 offers RAID 0
striping, RAID 1 Mirroring, and RAID 10 striping+mirroring supporting up
to four off-the-shelf Ultra ATA/66 hard drives. </FONT></SMALL>For
entry-level small servers or corporate desktop PCs where data is
critical, FastTrak66 offers constant </FONT></SMALL><FONT size=3>data
redundant protection at prices less than single drive Ultra2 SCSI
desktop storage. If a drive fails under RAID 1 or 10, FastTrak66
maintains the integrity of the data using the remaining good drive or
drives. Users can even employ a "hot" spare drive for their server that
immediately replaces the failed drive in a two-drive mirrored array.
This allows FastTrak66 to rebuild data from the working drive to quickly
restore data redundant operation without downtime.
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<H1><FONT size=3><B><I><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Summary
Points</FONT></I></B></FONT></H1></BLOCKQUOTE></TD>
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<UL>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Supports
Ultra ATA/66 and Ultra ATA/33 drives</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Links
multiple drives as huge virtual drive letter up to 128GB (64GB under
Win98)</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Mirrors
data to second disk or disk pair on-the-fly on every save</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Supports
"hot spare" replacement drive (using 3 drives)</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Rebuilds
data in background with transparent data recovery</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size=2>Fault-tolerant data protection for every entry-level
network</FONT> </LI></UL></TD>
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<P><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>See reviews on fasttrack at
</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><A
href="http://www.westerndigital.com/service/tip1298.html";>http://www.westerndigital.com/service/tip1298.html</A></FONT><BR><BR></FONT><FONT
size=2><A
href="http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,331482,00.html";>http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,331482,00.html</A></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2> Tests are given at </FONT><FONT size=2> <A
href="http://www.agnhardware.com/index.cfm?article=/hardwaresection/default.cfm?revid=151";
target=_blank>http://www.agnhardware.com/index.cfm?article=/hardwaresection/default.cfm?revid=151</A></FONT>
<FONT size=2>using a RAID0 promise technology FASTTRACK 33 which sells for $57
at buycomp.com</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>Here are the results :</FONT></P><FONT
color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>
<P>When benchmarking the card, I decided to turn my system into what I believe
the average users system to be (or as close as I could get). As well as using
RAID 0 and 8kb block sizes for maximum performance. In trying to achieve
that, I used the following:</P>
<P>IWILL BD100 Motherboard<BR>Celeron 300A running at 464mhz<BR>128mb Samsung GH
PC100 <BR>(2) Maxtor Diamond Max 8.4 GB 5400rpm <9.5ms access time<BR>V3 3000
video card<BR>Monster Sound MX300<BR>Linksys PCI Network Interface Card</P>
<P>The numbers below represent actual performance scores recorded for each
configuration. Faster scores are shown in red.</P>
<P><B><I>SiSoft’s Sandra</I></B></P>
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<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=162><FONT color=#ffffff><B>Fast
Trak Array</B></FONT></TD>
<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=151><FONT color=#ffffff><B>Standard
IDE Port</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD align=middle width=162><B><FONT color=#ff0000>14,688</FONT> drive
index</B></TD>
<TD align=middle width=151><B><BR>10,055 drive
index<BR></B></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER></DIV>
<P><B><I>WinBench 99 Disk Test</I></B></P>
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<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=200><FONT
color=#ffffff><B>Test</B></FONT></TD>
<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=133><B><FONT color=#ffffff>Fast
Trak Array</FONT></B></TD>
<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=125><B><FONT color=#ffffff>Standard
IDE Port</FONT></B></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=200><FONT color=#ffffff><B>Business
Disk WinMarks</B></FONT></TD>
<TD align=middle width=133><B><FONT color=#ff0000>3,750</FONT></B></TD>
<TD align=middle width=125><B>2,160</B></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=200><FONT color=#ffffff><B>High End
Disk WinMarks</B></FONT></TD>
<TD align=middle width=133><B><FONT color=#ff0000>11,300</FONT></B></TD>
<TD align=middle width=125><B>9,010</B></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=200><FONT color=#ffffff><B>Disk
playback/ Bus overall</B></FONT></TD>
<TD align=middle width=133><B><FONT color=#ff0000>3,750</FONT></B></TD>
<TD align=middle width=125><B>2,160</B></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=200><FONT color=#ffffff><B>Disk
playback/ HE overall</B></FONT></TD>
<TD align=middle width=133><B><FONT color=#ff0000>11,300</FONT></B></TD>
<TD align=middle width=125><B>9,010</B></TD></TR>
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<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=200><FONT
color=#ffffff><B>AVS/Express 3.4</B></FONT></TD>
<TD align=middle width=133><B><FONT color=#ff0000>5,610</FONT></B></TD>
<TD align=middle width=125><B>4,570</B></TD></TR>
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<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=200><FONT
color=#ffffff><B>FrontPage</B></FONT></TD>
<TD align=middle width=133><B><FONT color=#ff0000>44,000</FONT></B></TD>
<TD align=middle width=125><B>42,400</B></TD></TR>
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<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=200><FONT
color=#ffffff><B>MicroStation SE</B></FONT></TD>
<TD align=middle width=133><B><FONT color=#ff0000>8,820</FONT></B></TD>
<TD align=middle width=125><B>7,820</B></TD></TR>
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<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=200><FONT
color=#ffffff><B>PhotoShop 4.0</B></FONT></TD>
<TD align=middle width=133><B><FONT color=#ff0000>8,520</FONT></B></TD>
<TD align=middle width=125><B>6,550</B></TD></TR>
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<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=200><FONT color=#ffffff><B>Premiere
4.2</B></FONT></TD>
<TD align=middle width=133><B><FONT color=#ff0000>12,000</FONT></B></TD>
<TD align=middle width=125><B>10,500</B></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=200><FONT color=#ffffff><B>Sound
Forge 4.0</B></FONT></TD>
<TD align=middle width=133><B><FONT color=#ff0000>23,800</FONT></B></TD>
<TD align=middle width=125><B>14,100</B></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD align=middle bgColor=#008000 width=200><FONT color=#ffffff><B>Visual
C++ 5.0</B></FONT></TD>
<TD align=middle width=133><B><FONT color=#ff0000>14,700</FONT></B></TD>
<TD align=middle
width=125><B>10,800</B></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER></DIV>
<P><B><U>So, what do you think?</U></B></P>
<P>For a somewhat more appreciable measurement, I shaved 7 seconds on my bootup,
a whopping 11 seconds on loading SIN, and just over 4 seconds on loading Word.
For me, this was a significant and noticeable improvement. Looking at the
Business Marks for the IBM 14GXP (2920 marks) and Segate Medalist Pro (2930
marks), both of which are 7200rpm drives, we can see the Array still measures up
favorably. Please feel free to check out <A
href="http://www.agnhardware.com/index.cfm?article=/hardwaresection/default.cfm?revid=145";>Jeremy
Allford’s review of the IBM 14GXP</A> here at AGN for more of the Data on these
drives and a great review of the 14GXP. </P></FONT>
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Gary I am also trying Cacheman 3.60.
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Gary, I downloaded Cacheman 3.60, and am trying it out. Hope it makes some
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Thanks for the tip.
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