The significant investment into a platform like this alone will weed out those not truly committed. Peak performance was consistently held within Web Server at 2700 IOPS for RAID 0 and 5, and 2300 IOPS for RAID 6. Moving into SMB or SNIA Workloads, we found the 6Big to produce the most performance at QD64 for Database and File Server and QD128 for Web Server. At peak, we saw between 1.7 GB/s for RAID 0, 1.6 GB/s for RAID 5, and 1 GB/s for RAID 6. I took a different angle for testing the 6Big, running it through ATTO instead of CDM to break down the performance a little better with file size. Drive trays are steel with plastic slides and plastic handles. The rear panel is aluminum with a mesh cut out for the cooling fans. Coming away from this, I can say with certainty that this platform is built like a tank! For the most part, the 6Big sports a single-piece enclosure with internal steel supports. RAID 6 dropped performance further for the Database, File, Email Server, and Workstation loads, but Web Server again stayed with it reaching 2300 IOPS.įor a solution like the 6Big, build quality is at the top of the list for most.
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