Performance in FC-Test 2.0: Random Read

We tested the Random Read speed in Programs pattern that consists of all those files you would usually find on any PC. The idea behind this test is to see how fast the fragmented hard disk drives could be. During the test session, the program performed random reads of file successions made up of ordered 1-10 files. The only randomness limitation was the peak set for every 100 files on the next read.

This diagram shows that FireWire 400 interface appeared the most efficient in all other cases except the single file reading. Yes, this particular interface and not its newer counterpart – FireWire 800 – won the test. The results were significantly less impressive when we used USB 2.0 interface. As I have already supposed above, the less impressive performance of the FireWire 800 interface could have been caused by the different operating system we used on this platform.