Our System Performance Analysis lab recently completed a series of tests to evaluate the performance of the newest PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) and published the results in a performance analysis report. The tests with the PERC6 were very through with many RAID types tested - 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 - on 12 different workload type profiles. Results provide guidance for what PERC6 settings will provide optimal performance for a given workload type.

Additional cool stuff in the report: A good discussion about all of the different RAID types with definitions, and an analysis of the results which recommend when to use which RAID type. The guys that do these tests are storage geeks - and it shows in the report!

Todd