Performance - 1 Gbps LAN

The test with gigabit LAN connection resolved the mixed read results, but not in the 323's favour! Figures 22 and 23 show write and read results for "standard" mode, with the 323 besting the HP Media Vault by a healthy margin for write. But while the 323 starts out with off-the-chart read performance for a 32 MB file size, it drops below the Media Vault for the remaining file sizes.

Figure 22: Write performance comparison - Standard Mode - 1000 Mbps (click image to enlarge)

Figure 23: Read performance comparison - Standard mode - 1000 Mbps (click image to enlarge)

The JBOD (Figures 24 and 25) and RAID 1 (Figures 26 and 27) plots follow a similar pattern with the 323 clearly winning the write battle, but losing to the HP Media Vault for reads.

Figure 24: Write performance comparison - JBOD Mode - 1000 Mbps (click image to enlarge)

Figure 25: Read performance comparison - JBOD Mode - 1000 Mbps (click image to enlarge)

Figure 26: Write performance comparison - RAID 1 Mode - 1000 Mbps (click image to enlarge)

Figure 27: Read performance comparison - RAID 1 Mode - 1000 Mbps (click image to enlarge)

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