Intel IOMeter: WorkStation

Well, in the server field WD360GD wasn’t quite comfortable under high workloads. Let’s see if it manages to stand out as a workstation solution.

And Raptor did it! :) Under linear workload it outperforms both SCSI drives. Although later the defeated competitors win their leadership back, it is exactly the performance under small workloads that matters for workstations. So, we calculate the performance rating accordingly:

Performance = Total I/O (queue=1)/1 + Total I/O (queue=2)/2 + Total I/O (queue=4)/4 + Total I/O (queue=8)/8 + Total I/O (queue=16)/16 + Total I/O (queue=32)/32

Note that WD360GD managed to be ahead of Cheetah 36ES with any controller card involved. And with Promise (WB) controller it even outpaced Fujitsu MAN. RAID 0 and RAID 1 arrays rolled back to the very end of the rating list as they have never been very fast under linear workload. However, they are anyway faster than the single WD400JB drive.