UPDATE – ATTO v Adaptec Benchmarks

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This section will focus on the performance advantages/disadvantages between both the ATTO UL3D and the Adaptec 2100S controller.

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The UL3D has roughly a fifty percent overall gain within ATTOMark.

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The CPU utilization is unusually high for the UL3D. However, it does not impede the performance. Important note, TCD Labs (HD Tach), indicated that under a RAID environment, Hard Tach 2.61 might behave differently depending on the RAID configuration. With this said, your results may vary.

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The UL3D more than doubled the performance in the Sequential Read, and Write.

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