Hi,
I am planning to use ocz vertex with fit pc 2. Am I going to get full performance of vertex with fit pc 2?
p.s: ah.. how do I cancel my order? I contact sales@fit-pc.com serveral times. He/she does not reply...I re-ordered fit-pc2 diskless instead of fit-pc2 value wifi...
ssd performance?
Re: ssd performance?
Fit-PC2 has only IDE interface, and an IDE->SATA bridge, so you won't be able to get full performance from Vertex. But then again, if you really want a superfast machine, you wouldn't be going for Fit-PC2 anyway.
Re: ssd performance?
Work week in Israel is Sunday through Thursday. It may take 2-3 business days to process order cancellation.
Re: ssd performance?
Ok, too bad it doesn't perform for the full 100%.
But it does mean that SSD's will work in the FIT-PC? I'm not really interessed in hardcore performance but in ultra-low power consumption for my little fileserver.
and as all the attached computers are two laptops ( wireless ) harddisk performance of the fileserver is not that important for me.
But it does mean that SSD's will work in the FIT-PC? I'm not really interessed in hardcore performance but in ultra-low power consumption for my little fileserver.
and as all the attached computers are two laptops ( wireless ) harddisk performance of the fileserver is not that important for me.
Re: ssd performance?
SATA SSD works well with fit-PC2. The most noticeable effect is the absolute silence.
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I equipped my fit pc with a 30Gb OCZ Vertex SSD and it's running great in absolute silence.
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Re: ssd performance?
I just installed a 50GB OCZ Vertex 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (OCZSSD2-2VTX50G) into my Fit-PC2. It uses MLC NAND with the SandForce 1200 controller.
Early impressions are that it has made the machine only marginally faster. hdparm -t, also, reports only about 60MB/sec max IO throughput to the SSD. For those unfamiliar with hdparm, it's a Linux tool that measures raw sustained, sequential data read performance, bypassing any filesystem overheads.
The drive is spec'd at 285MB/s (max) and I have seen this model perform around this level for sequential reads in a regular PC.
Is there anything one can optimize (BIOS, etc) to improve the IO? Seems the SATA architecture is the bottleneck?
BTW, I am going to do the same hdparm tests with my original 2.5" HDD and compare to see the difference.
Early impressions are that it has made the machine only marginally faster. hdparm -t, also, reports only about 60MB/sec max IO throughput to the SSD. For those unfamiliar with hdparm, it's a Linux tool that measures raw sustained, sequential data read performance, bypassing any filesystem overheads.
The drive is spec'd at 285MB/s (max) and I have seen this model perform around this level for sequential reads in a regular PC.
Is there anything one can optimize (BIOS, etc) to improve the IO? Seems the SATA architecture is the bottleneck?
BTW, I am going to do the same hdparm tests with my original 2.5" HDD and compare to see the difference.
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Re: ssd performance?
FitPC2 uses PATA->SATA Marvell bridge chip as the US15W chipset does not natively support SATA. Therefore the speed would be limited to 100 MB/sec PATA throughput. However the figure you presented (same as for regular HDD) is too low anyway, I would expect something in range of 70-90 MB/sec.
To test the real SSD speed on FitPC2 I would recommend you to install Windows and use some tool like CrystalDiskMark.
To test the real SSD speed on FitPC2 I would recommend you to install Windows and use some tool like CrystalDiskMark.
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Re: ssd performance?
I'm in the process of installing karmic, to see if any of the Fit-PC2 drivers make a difference.
I had installed Lucid initially on the SSD.
I had installed Lucid initially on the SSD.
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After installing karmic I ran hdparm tests again.
The average over 10 tests performed on a freshly booted quiescent system comes out to around 55 MB/sec.
This is certainly disappointing considering the theoretical max disk throughput is 100 MB/sec.
Anyone hazard a guess as to what the issue might be? Driver? SSD? Kernel?
The average over 10 tests performed on a freshly booted quiescent system comes out to around 55 MB/sec.
This is certainly disappointing considering the theoretical max disk throughput is 100 MB/sec.
Anyone hazard a guess as to what the issue might be? Driver? SSD? Kernel?