PCPer File Copy Test
Our custom PCPer-FC test does some fairly simple file creation and copy routines in order to test the storage system for speed. The script creates a set of files of varying sizes, times the creation process, then copies the same files to another partition on the same hard drive and times the copy process as well. There are four file patterns that we used to try and find any strong or weak points in the hardware: 10 files @ 1000 MB each, 100 files @ 100 MB each, 500 files @ 10 MB each and 1000 files at 1 MB each.
Most of these enterprise units are on the slower side when it comes to file creation, a heavily sequential operation, mainly due to firmware more optimized for consistency in random IO.
Our batch file copy test forces simultaneous sequential reads and writes on the drives under test, and we can see the DC S3500 struggle to keep up under the mixed load, even being beaten by the WD Velociraptor in this test. The limited write speeds had the most negative impact in this test. In their defense, DataCenter SSDs are not expected to perform sustained bulk sequential transfers such as these for very long.
Just wanted to mention that
Just wanted to mention that according to Paul Thurrott on one of his Windows Weekly podcasts he mentioned file copy , etc. is DRAMATICALLY faster on Windows 8 compared to any previous versions of Windows.
Would love to see the test results on a Windows 8 machine.
The batch copy we perform is
The batch copy we perform is conducted from the command line. It is not subject to the overhead of copying via Windows Explorer, which is what saw a *significant* improvement in Windows 8.
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it’s not the pro which all sites seem to get but it’s almost as fast and much less expensive
We reviewed the standard 840
We reviewed the standard 840 here, in addition to the 840 Pro.