Performance in FC-Test

File Copy Test is the most interesting part of our test program.

We use this utility according to our standard methodology: we create two logical volumes, 20 gigabytes each. Then we create a set of files on the first partition and read it from the disk and then copy it into a folder on the same first partition (copy near) and then on the other partition (copy far). We use five file sets in total:

• Install (414 files, 575MB total size);
• ISO (3 files, 1.6GB total size);
• MP3 (271 file, 1GB total size);
• Programs (8504 files, 1.4GB total size);
• Windows (9006 files, 1.06GB total size).

Let’s first see what we have in NTFS:

The following diagram shows the speed of creation (i.e. writing) of the Install pattern:

The Seagate ST94811A finds it easy to create the files of this pattern; the Samsung MP0402H is also good in this task.

Four drives from different manufacturers have almost the same speed when creating ISO-type files. Only Fujitsu’s drives don’t seem to like large files.

The Samsung MP0402H took the least time to create the MP3 and Programs patterns, but this drive was only fourth with the Windows files. The Fujitsu MHS2040AT is the worst drive for creating files, irrespective of their average size.