Test Setup

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System Hardware
Processor(s) 2x Intel Xeon Processor (Nocona core)
3.6 GHz, FSB800, 1 MB L2 Cache
Platform Asus NCL-DS (Socket 604)
Intel E7520 Chipset, BIOS 1005
RAM Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 (DDR2-400 ECC, reg.)
2x 512 MB, CL3-3-3-10 Timings
System Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB
120 GB, 7,200 rpm, 8 MB Cache, UltraATA/100
Test Hard Drive I Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641
500 GB, 7,200 rpm, 16 MB Cache, SATA/300
Mass Storage Controller(s) Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5)
Silicon Image SATALink SiL3512
Driver 1.2.0.57
Promise FastTrak TX4310
Driver 2.06.1.310
Promise SATA 300TX4
Driver 1.0.0.33
Networking Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Graphics Card On-Board Graphics
ATI RageXL, 8 MB
System Hardware
Performance Measurements c’t h2benchw 3.6
PCMark05 V1.01
I/O Performance IOMeter 2003.05.10
Fileserver-Benchmark
Webserver-Benchmark
Database-Benchmark
Workstation-Benchmark
System Software & Drivers
OS Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition,
Service Pack 1
Platform Driver Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025
Graphics Driver Default Windows Graphics Driver

Startech And Thecus’ Mid-Tier Offerings

We tested the Infosafe with a Samsung HM160JI 2.5" SATA hard disk. Access times for the Infosafe fell in the middle of the usual range: 18.5 ms average read time, and median transfer rates of 27.6 MB/s for read and 22.7 for write. None of these numbers elicits too much enthusiasm.

Nor does the Thecus YES nano N1050 set any speed records, either. Its average access time was 18.2 ms, and its media transfer rates were 28.7 MB/s for read, and 22.8 MB/s for write. Here, we used a Samsung HM160JC 2.5" hard disk for our tests.

All these results fall within the normal range for USB 2.0 performance.


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