Benchmark question

We are evaluating a vendor whose software product will be loading large numbers of records (10,000 to 250,000) into an Oracle database running on an NT server. Can anyone give me an idea (ASAP) as to how long we should expect this to take? For example, if the vendor says their product can load 250,000 records in one hour, is this good or bad? I only need a rough idea, and as quickly as possible, please.
Many thanks,
Larry
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I can not help you with the estimation but I want you to give me my idea.
In my idea it is important what YOU expect of the loading time. If for you 1 hour is acceptable then it can be OK. It all depends on how fast you want to have the records available in the database and when it can/must be done.
A reflection that you have to make is how the loading time will change after you are working with it for let us say half a year. What is fast now with little data can be slow with a lot of data in the database.
Are you evaluating other vendors?

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http://www.geekpatrol.ca/blog/74/
The Intel dual cores are about the same performance as a Dualcore Powermac G5 2.5
http://www.systemshootouts.org/processors.html
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I doubt very much you'll see a noticeable improvement between your machine and a Intel dual core iMac for general use. Perhaps it could shave some time if your doing something longterm processor intensive.
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Edited by: Marco on Sep 15, 2008 10:22 AM

Marco,
Here is some information about SAP Strategy Management:
1. SSM provides charts for data visualization. Is there an overview of supported chart types? Is there a source which gives further information about chart customization?
Strategy Management provides out-of-the-box packaged reporting templates: Benchmarking, Trending, Percent Contributions within subtotals, Exceptions, Rankings, Ad-Hoc reporting of multiple dimensions & metrics.
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3. Is it possible to print comments / export comments combined with charts / reports to PDF
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4. Can users upload documents (e.g. MS Word docs)?
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6. What are the current system requirements for SSM?
That information can be found in the installation guides.There is a Master Guide and a Sizing Guide which will both be helpful.
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To RAID or not to RAID, that is the question

People often ask: Should I raid my disks?
The question is simple, unfortunately the answer is not. So here I'm going to give you another guide to help you decide when a raid array is advantageous and how to go about it. Notice that this guide also applies to SSD's, with the expection of the parts about mechanical failure.
What is a RAID?
RAID is the acronym for "Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks". The concept originated at the University of Berkely in 1987 and was intended to create large storage capacity with smaller disks without the need for very expensive and reliable disks, that were very expensive at that time, often a tenfold of smaller disks. Today prices of hard disks have fallen so much that it often is more attractive to buy a single 1 TB disk than two 500 GB disks. That is the reason that today RAID is often described as "Redundant Array of Independent Disks".
The idea behind RAID is to have a number of disks co-operate in such a way that it looks like one big disk. Note that 'Spanning' is not in any way comparable to RAID, it is just a way, like inverse partitioning, to extend the base partition to use multiple disks, without changing the method of reading and writing to that extended partition.
Why use a RAID?
Now with these lower disks prices today, why would a video editor consider a raid array? There are two reasons:
1. Redundancy (or security)
2. Performance
Notice that it can be a combination of both reasons, it is not an 'either/or' reason.
Does a video editor need RAID?
No, if the above two reasons, redundancy and performance are not relevant. Yes if either or both reasons are relevant.
Re 1. Redundancy
Every mechanical disk will eventually fail, sometimes on the first day of use, sometimes only after several years of usage. When that happens, all data on that disk are lost and the only solution is to get a new disk and recreate the data from a backup (if you have one) or through tedious and time-consuming work. If that does not bother you and you can spare the time to recreate the data that were lost, then redundancy is not an issue for you. Keep in mind that disk failures often occur at inconvenient moments, on a weekend when the shops are closed and you can't get a replacement disk, or when you have a tight deadline.
Re 2. Performance
Opponents of RAID will often say that any modern disk is fast enough for video editing and they are right, but only to a certain extent. As fill rates of disks go up, performance goes down, sometimes by 50%. As the number of disk activities on the disk go up , like accessing (reading or writing) pagefile, media cache, previews, media, project file, output file, performance goes down the drain. The more tracks you have in your project, the more strain is put on your disk. 10 tracks require 10 times the bandwidth of a single track. The more applications you have open, the more your pagefile is used. This is especially apparent on systems with limited memory.
The following chart shows how fill rates on a single disk will impact performance:
Remember that I said previously the idea behind RAID is to have a number of disks co-operate in such a way that it looks like one big disk. That means a RAID will not fill up as fast as a single disk and not experience the same performance degradation.
RAID basics
Now that we have established the reasons why people may consider RAID, let's have a look at some of the basics.
Single or Multiple?
There are three methods to configure a RAID array: mirroring, striping and parity check. These are called levels and levels are subdivided in single or multiple levels, depending on the method used. A single level RAID0 is striping only and a multiple level RAID15 is a combination of mirroring (1) and parity check (5). Multiple levels are designated by combining two single levels, like a multiple RAID10, which is a combination of single level RAID0 with a single level RAID1.
Hardware or Software?
The difference is quite simple: hardware RAID controllers have their own processor and usually their own cache. Software RAID controllers use the CPU and the RAM on the motherboard. Hardware controllers are faster but also more expensive. For RAID levels without parity check like Raid0, Raid1 and Raid10 software controllers are quite good with a fast PC.
The common Promise and Highpoint cards are all software controllers that (mis)use the CPU and RAM memory. Real hardware RAID controllers all use their own IOP (I/O Processor) and cache (ever wondered why these hardware controllers are expensive?).
There are two kinds of software RAID's. One is controlled by the BIOS/drivers (like Promise/Highpoint) and the other is solely OS dependent. The first kind can be booted from, the second one can only be accessed after the OS has started. In performance terms they do not differ significantly.
For the technically inclined: Cluster size, Block size and Chunk size
In short: Cluster size applies to the partition and Block or Stripe size applies to the array.
With a cluster size of 4 KB, data are distributed across the partition in 4 KB parts. Suppose you have a 10 KB file, three full clusters will be occupied: 4 KB - 4 KB - 2 KB. The remaining 2 KB is called slackspace and can not be used by other files. With a block size (stripe) of 64 KB, data are distributed across the array disks in 64 KB parts. Suppose you have a 200 KB file, the first part of 64 KB is located on disk A, the second 64 KB is located on disk B, the third 64 KB is located on disk C and the remaining 8 KB on disk D. Here there is no slackspace, because the block size is subdivided into clusters. When working with audio/video material a large block size is faster than smaller block size. Working with smaller files a smaller block size is preferred.
Sometimes you have an option to set 'Chunk size', depending on the controller. It is the minimal size of a data request from the controller to a disk in the array and only useful when striping is used. Suppose you have a block size of 16 KB and you want to read a 1 MB file. The controller needs to read 64 times a block of 16 KB. With a chunk size of 32 KB the first two blocks will be read from the first disk, the next two blocks from the next disk, and so on. If the chunk size is 128 KB. the first 8 blocks will be read from the first disk, the next 8 block from the second disk, etcetera. Smaller chunks are advisable with smaller filer, larger chunks are better for larger (audio/video) files.
RAID Levels
For a full explanation of various RAID levels, look here: http://www.acnc.com/04_01_00/html
What are the benefits of each RAID level for video editing and what are the risks and benefits of each level to help you achieve better redundancy and/or better performance? I will try to summarize them below.
RAID0
The Band AID of RAID. There is no redundancy! There is a risk of losing all data that is a multiplier of the number of disks in the array. A 2 disk array carries twice the risk over a single disk, a X disk array carries X times the risk of losing it all.
A RAID0 is perfectly OK for data that you will not worry about if you lose them. Like pagefile, media cache, previews or rendered files. It may be a hassle if you have media files on it, because it requires recapturing, but not the end-of-the-world. It will be disastrous for project files.
Performance wise a RAID0 is almost X times as fast as a single disk, X being the number of disks in the array.
RAID1
The RAID level for the paranoid. It gives no performance gain whatsoever. It gives you redundancy, at the cost of a disk. If you are meticulous about backups and make them all the time, RAID1 may be a better solution, because you can never forget to make a backup, you can restore instantly. Remember backups require a disk as well. This RAID1 level can only be advised for the C drive IMO if you do not have any trust in the reliability of modern-day disks. It is of no use for video editing.
RAID3
The RAID level for video editors. There is redundancy! There is only a small performance hit when rebuilding an array after a disk failure due to the dedicated parity disk. There is quite a perfomance gain achieveable, but the drawback is that it requires a hardware controller from Areca. You could do worse, but apart from it being the Rolls-Royce amongst the hardware controllers, it is expensive like the car.
Performance wise it will achieve around 85% (X-1) on reads and 60% (X-1) on writes over a single disk with X being the number of disks in the array. So with a 6 disk array in RAID3, you get around 0.85x (6-1) = 425% the performance of a single disk on reads and 300% on writes.
RAID5 & RAID6
The RAID level for non-video applications with distributed parity. This makes for a somewhat severe hit in performance in case of a disk failure. The double parity in RAID6 makes it ideal for NAS applications.
The performance gain is slightly lower than with a RAID3. RAID6 requires a dedicated hardware controller, RAID5 can be run on a software controller but the CPU overhead negates to a large extent the performance gain.
RAID10
The RAID level for paranoids in a hurry. It delivers the same redundancy as RAID 1, but since it is a multilevel RAID, combined with a RAID0, delivers twice the performance of a single disk at four times the cost, apart from the controller. The main advantage is that you can have two disk failures at the same time without losing data, but what are the chances of that happening?
RAID30, 50 & 60
Just striped arrays of RAID 3, 5 or 6 which doubles the speed while keeping redundancy at the same level.
EXTRAS
RAID level 0 is striping, RAID level 1 is mirroring and RAID levels 3, 5 & 6 are parity check methods. For parity check methods, dedicated controllers offer the possibility of defining a hot-spare disk. A hot-spare disk is an extra disk that does not belong to the array, but is instantly available to take over from a failed disk in the array. Suppose you have a 6 disk RAID3 array with a single hot-spare disk and assume one disk fails. What happens? The data on the failed disk can be reconstructed in the background, while you keep working with negligeable impact on performance, to the hot-spare. In mere minutes your system is back at the performance level you were before the disk failure. Sometime later you take out the failed drive, replace it for a new drive and define that as the new hot-spare.
As stated earlier, dedicated hardware controllers use their own IOP and their own cache instead of using the memory on the mobo. The larger the cache on the controller, the better the performance, but the main benefits of cache memory are when handling random R+W activities. For sequential activities, like with video editing it does not pay to use more than 2 GB of cache maximum.
REDUNDANCY(or security)
Not using RAID entails the risk of a drive failing and losing all data. The same applies to using RAID0 (or better said AID0), only multiplied by the number of disks in the array.
RAID1 or 10 overcomes that risk by offering a mirror, an instant backup in case of failure at high cost.
RAID3, 5 or 6 offers protection for disk failure by reconstructing the lost data in the background (1 disk for RAID3 & 5, 2 disks for RAID6) while continuing your work. This is even enhanced by the use of hot-spares (a double assurance).
PERFORMANCE
RAID0 offers the best performance increase over a single disk, followed by RAID3, then RAID5 amd finally RAID6. RAID1 does not offer any performance increase.
Hardware RAID controllers offer the best performance and the best options (like adjustable block/stripe size and hot-spares), but they are costly.
SUMMARY
If you only have 3 or 4 disks in total, forget about RAID. Set them up as individual disks, or the better alternative, get more disks for better redundancy and better performance. What does it cost today to buy an extra disk when compared to the downtime you have when a single disk fails?
If you have room for at least 4 or more disks, apart from the OS disk, consider a RAID3 if you have an Areca controller, otherwise consider a RAID5.
If you have even more disks, consider a multilevel array by striping a parity check array to form a RAID30, 50 or 60.
If you can afford the investment get an Areca controller with battery backup module (BBM) and 2 GB of cache. Avoid as much as possible the use of software raids, especially under Windows if you can.
RAID, if properly configured will give you added redundancy (or security) to protect you from disk failure while you can continue working and will give you increased performance.
Look carefully at this chart to see what a properly configured RAID can do to performance and compare it to the earlier single disk chart to see the performance difference, while taking into consideration that you can have one disks (in each array) fail at the same time without data loss:
Hope this helps in deciding whether RAID is worthwhile for you.
WARNING: If you have a power outage without a UPS, all bets are off.
A power outage can destroy the contents of all your disks if you don't have a proper UPS. A BBM may not be sufficient to help in that case.

Harm,
thanks for your comment.
Your understanding was absolutely right.
Sorry my mistake its QNAP 639 PRO, populated with 5 1TB, one is empty.
So for my understanding, in my configuration you suggest NOT to use RAID-0. Im not willing to have more drives in my workstation becouse if my projekts are finished, i archiv on QNAP or archiv on other external drive.
My only intention is to have as much speed and as much performance as possible during developing a projekt
BTW QNAP i also use as media-center in combination with Sony PS3 to run the encoded files.
For my final understanding:
C: i understand
D: i understand
E and F: does it mean, when i create a projekt on E, all my captured and project-used MPEG - files should be situated in F? Or which media in F you mean?
Following your suggestions in want to rebulid Harms-Best Vista64-Benchmark comp to reach maximum speed and performance. Can i use in general the those hardware components (exept so many HD drives and exept Areca raid controller ) in my drive configuration C to F. Or would you suggest some changings in my situation?

Multiple Tablet Z questions

Got my Tablet Z on Saturday to replace a Toshiba Excite 10. Biggest reason for the Xperia Tablet Z was weight (finally Sony does a tablet Sony Style...) Biggest concern with the Xperia Tablet Z is heavily skinned Android and an expectation/fear that Sony will not support Android/follow the changes to it in a timely way. This is a premium priced tablet. Doesn't seem like too much to ask. My benchmark for supporting Android is my Galaxy Nexus... Maybe AOSP? Anyway, on to why I'm posting:
Some questions:
Chrome bookmarks always opens to Mobile bookmarks / Sony--any way to change besides deleting Sony folder?
Email delete always confirms--any way to turn off?
Backup & restore says it can backup to the cloud--really? how?
had to disable the shipped Calendar app and install Google Calendar to get latest Calendar features--so sad...
using Smart Connect View event as shipped: it starts SensMe when dropped in the cradle; but when I remove tablet from cradle, TuneIn Radio is current running app--why??!?
any way to soft reset it? what's the thing that looks like a switch between the USB port and the serial number barcodes?
Bonus:
(probably rhetorical) I've read about a "timely" update to 4.2--4.2 has been out for almost nine months, wouldn't "timely" have been at first ship?
white paper for devs lists "eCompass" app but can't find...--what is eCompass?
white paper lists "Google Wallet" app but isn't installed/won't work--guessing this is a WiFi vs. LTE tablet issue?!?
Thanks in advance for any info!

Dick_W wrote:Biggest concern with the Xperia Tablet Z is heavily skinned Android and an expectation/fear that Sony will not support Android/follow the changes to it in a timely way.
well, hate to burst your bubble, but most sony update came late.
Chrome bookmarks always opens to Mobile bookmarks / Sony--any way to change besides deleting Sony folder?
you mean the bookmarks? or the homepage? you can change your homepage by going to browser>settings>general.
Email delete always confirms--any way to turn off?
- what email client are you using? try going to the settings and see if there are options to change, and be aware that if sync is active and you deleted an email on your computer, it would also delete it on the phone.
Backup & restore says it can backup to the cloud--really? how?
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/sony/sony-xperia-z/19733/how-backup-and-restore-data-your-sony-xperia-...
had to disable the shipped Calendar app and install Google Calendar to get latest Calendar features--so sad...
i guess you solved your problem
using Smart Connect View event as shipped: it starts SensMe when dropped in the cradle; but when I remove tablet from cradle, TuneIn Radio is current running app--why??!?
try to see the settings on the app, you can remove or disable the the app from firing up when removed from the dock.
any way to soft reset it? what's the thing that looks like a switch between the USB port and the serial number barcodes?
settings>privacy>settings reset
this might help you. Xperia™ Tablet Z User guide (2 MB), Xperia™ Tablet Z White paper (537 kB)
(probably rhetorical) I've read about a "timely" update to 4.2--4.2 has been out for almost nine months, wouldn't "timely" have been at first ship?
the tablet was designed and made 9 months before the release of 4.2, so i guess they stick to 4.1 than to change everything at last moments. sony has been struggling with "timely" updates,
white paper for devs lists "eCompass" app but can't find...--what is eCompass?
some apps are not available on all market areas, you may try searching on google play.
white paper lists "Google Wallet" app but isn't installed/won't work--guessing this is a WiFi vs. LTE tablet issue?!?
nope ,same reason above.

Questions on DOT with 865PE Neo2

I did the "Load High Performance Defaults" for the first time.
Just wondering if everyone experiences the same results??
I have read many thread here on problems, but want to post some
positive results and in the same breath have some questions.
I have burnt in the system and done some SiSoftware Sandra benchmarking
with good results. Also used Performance Test 4.0 software that gave a
PassMark of 344.5 and MegaFlops of 1243.3 This is running in the "Load Bios Defaults". So no DOT!!
When I set the High Performance Defaults, I have to go back into Integrated Periphials/ On chip IDE config to set the ATA config again for my hard drive that is connected to channel one of the S-ATA. Everyone, the Quick User Guide is just that, a guide. Would someone kindly explain the settings?? 1st, Does it make a difference with the S-ATA only or S-ATA and P-ATA in the ATA configuration??
2nd question. Why is the S-ATA Keep Enabled and Combined Mode Operation a light blue/green color where the others are white?? I think I understand the difference in S-ATA and P-ATA. that is Serial- ATA and Parallel ATA. I am using the Maxtor Serial- ATA drive connected to channel one and I have a MSI cd writer connected to the secondary parellel conntroller. Future connection with a MSI DVD writer on the primary ATA controller.
So far I have not experienced any crash in the High Performance Defaults mode and ran the SiSoftware Sandra last night for about 1 hour.
In fact I just ran and compared the Performance Test 4.0 software again and compared with a test ran without the DOT. Guess what?? The DOT is noticeable lower results this morning... Why is that?? I thought the DOT and Hperthreading would increase performance?? PassMark is now 303.2 and MegaFlops is 227.2
I have noticed that the SiSoftware Sandra performance tips say the "mainboard temperature is too high" that is at 39 degress C. Processor is at 45C and case temp at 35C.. This sounds ok to me!! Any comments?
SiSoftware Sandra performance of Maxtor drive
Buffered Read : 108 MB/s
Sequential Read : 48 MB/s
Random Read : 7 MB/s
Buffered Write : 113 MB/s
Sequential Write : 47 MB/s
Random Write : 13 MB/s
Average Access Time : 8 ms (estimated)
Any comments would be appreciated!!
So far I have not any problems with this MSI board and Intel processor.
MSI 865PE NEO2 FIS2R Bios 1.3
2 X's Crucial 256MB PC3200
ATI All in Wonder Radeon 7500 64 MB
Maxtor 120 GIG S-ATA 8MB cache
Windows XP
MSI CD-R/RW 52-M
3 1/2 floppy drive
Antec Sonata Silent case 380 PSU
Hyperthreading is enabled
Logitech Duo Keyboard/Mouse
USR 56K MODEM

For SATA Only, SATA & PATA, PATA Only Qn, the answer is, there are differences in all these mode. 1st, if you switch to SATA only and PATA Keep Enabled to "NO", then you can only run SATA drives and no PATA drives. If you've switch to PATA and SATA, this will enabled you to run both types of drives in your system, but if you've encountered problems, then you may have to switched to SATA only and set PATA Keep Enabled to Yes. Hence for PATA Only, will means that this will enabled your system to support only PATA drives.
As for the coloring of the modes, I think that they are being purposely color coded for the ease of the user on the different options available.
D.O.T is supposed for you to adjust settings in a ranking order starting from Private status to General. Each has a certain increment percentage of the FSB starting from 3% to 10% Max. In your case, I don't think that you're o/cing through D.O.T yet, but having to run at high performance stablely is a good start.
HT- HyperThreading. This technology will virtually splits your current processor to run in Dual mode. As I've mentioned "Virtually", so it will only split your processor calculation and arthematics of your CPU into 2 so that each can process data transfer etc on its own and in turns giving more advantage to application and server like processing and not really in terms of gaming or other applications.
Hope all this helps.
All the Best... :D!!!

Problem with my MSI 290x gaming 4g performance in unigine valley benchmark.

First im dutch(netherlands) so sorry for my maybe bad english.
My system is:
Asus p8z77 v deluxe mb
intel 3770k cpu
16gb ram 1866 Corsair
2x ssd 256 gb OCZ
MSI 290x gaming
win7 64bit ultimate.
When i came home with my card i removed my old 7970 and replaced it with my new card.
Put some programs up like gpu-z cpu-z realtemp ext.
Then run Unigine-valley Benchmark with OC tool MSI at 1040 option.
My cpu at 4.2ghz OC
Score Unigine valley v1.0: 61.1 fps-score2558-min fps 30.3/max fps 112.8
Custom settings at 1920-1080 and ultra 8x aa windowed.
Seems ok result.
Now to problem i have.
So next i did (dumb me hehe) i try OC my CPU with All-suit II from ASUS to OC cpu extreme mode which stress test untill stable clock is found.
Got a crash bluescreen and then after few attemps stable 4.3.
Then did new benchmark and my score was alot lower and nomatter what i try my 290x did not pass 60fps any more and score dropped to 2100?
3dmark firestrike gave first time score of 9655 and after my disaster with cpu failed attemp 9200.
My card is stuck at 60fps max it won't get any higher?
The GPU-Z also show PCI-E 3.0 X16@ X1 1.1and when i activate render i see it only change to x16 1.1 i never see gen 3.0.
CPU-Z info motherboard also only pci-express link with x1 and x16
My questions is how can o solve this problem it seems my motherbaord don't reconize my videocard anymore?
Also posible that something with the OC attemp CPU broke something?
I also try change from AUTO to GEN3 in bios but then i get a blackscreen when i boot up it stays backscreen, have to change it switch videocards so i can see my boot again and go into BIOS.
Im at a lost here, hope one of you know a solution or whats my problem?
Hope ive supply enough info im bit of a newbie at this sorry for that.
Thanks in advance.

>>Clear CMOS<< of your board and retry.

Questions on HP Pavilion 15-n020AX

Hello Experts,
This is my first post with the HP Forum, A Few quick things.
1. I am planning to buy this laptop from Flipkart.com (http://www.flipkart.com/hp-pavilion-15-n020ax-laptop-apu-quad-core-a4-4gb-1tb-ubuntu-1gb-graph/p/itm...
2. I will be using it for some VMware testing.
Question:
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1. Does HP Pavilion 15-n020AX support AMD-V?
2. Can we upgrade the RAM to 16/32 GB?
Thank You
Virtual Ahmed

VirtualAhmed wrote:
Hello Experts,
This is my first post with the HP Forum, A Few quick things.
1. I am planning to buy this laptop from Flipkart.com (http://www.flipkart.com/hp-pavilion-15-n020ax-laptop-apu-quad-core-a4-4gb-1tb-ubuntu-1gb-graph/p/itm...
2. I will be using it for some VMware testing.
Question:
=======
1. Does HP Pavilion 15-n020AX support AMD-V?
2. Can we upgrade the RAM to 16/32 GB?
Thank You
Virtual Ahmed
Hi,
Read this: http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-A-Series-A4-5000-Notebook-Processor.92867.0.html
I don't think it's a good idea running virtual machines on a low voltage processor and this one is also a low end one. I suggest an Intel laptop instead. These are more powerful than AMD ones and you need power for the virtual machines.
Benchmark: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A4-5000+APU
Dv6-7000 /Full HD/Core i5-3360M/GF 650M/Corsair 8GB/Intel 7260AC/Samsung Pro 256GB
Testing - HP 15-p000
HP Touchpad provided by HP
Currently on Debian Wheeze
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A lot of questions

Background.
A while ago I asked for some advice about external drives. I currently have 4 WD 4TB attached to a sonnet eSATA card and 3 WD 2 TB attached to a sonnet FW card and was having some issues with access times when saving to them. I decided to order some OWC mercury enclosures, unfortunately I had to order them from the US and I think they're sending them on a raft, since they haven't yet arrived.
After yet another failure of one of the WD 4TB drives, I've now ordered 2 x WD 2TB green drives as a temporary solution which I intend putting in my remaining 2 internal bays.
I've had a few issues with my Mac Pro which I've largely ignored over the 3 years I've had it, and I'm tempted to throw in the towel and go for a new mac at the same time as I'm re-organising my external storage. However I thought I'd list the issues I have and see if anyone has any comments about them in addition to some questions I have relating to configuring the possible new mac.
_Current issues._
The first issue I had was from new, it had FW issues from day one and FW completely died after about a week. Apple did say they would take it in but rather than be without it I purchased a sonnet FW card.
About a year and a half ago the display failed to light up after a shut down and restart, several attempts later it did eventually restart properly. This has happened regularly since but a couple of shut downs and restarts always work.
When this happens I can hear the mac starting normally but I just have no display, on occasions the attempts to restart it will ramp up the fans to maximum and I have to shut down and pull the power cord to reset.
My graphics card is a Radeon X1900, but without really having enough knowledge to make such a statement I wonder if it isn't PCI related rather than just the graphics card.
For the avoidance of doubt this only happens with some shut downs and never happens with restarts.
I also have some doubts about my RAM, the info from profiler and activity monitor don't seem to match up.
_A new mac or not and what configuration._
First question is how long has it been since the mac pro line was updated.
Not sure what CPU's I have they're the first Quad cores (3 Ghz), I've usually bought my macs by going for the top model in the belief they'll serve my needs for longer and not that I particularly need the horsepower they give at the point of purchase. If I do this today it's a hefty price, so does someone have some sort of guide as to how my current CPU's compare with todays line up. My current CPU's are still more than acceptable for what I do.
My intention has been (when the raft arrives) to move all my data internally and max out the macs HDD bays, to backup everything via time machine to one eSATA enclosure, back up data with 3rd party software to a second enclosure and have a 3rd enclosure for temporary use, a spare so to speak. My intention was to use green drives in the enclosures because speed isn't an issue and they're used only occasionally. Speed isn't really an issue internally either, would greens be sufficient or are the blacks not only faster but more robust.
_Last question_ (for now)
I have a lot of failed drives lying about, I appreciate it's speculative but what proportion of those drives are likely to have failed because of their cheap enclosures and how many because of the drives themselves, in short what's the chance I can use some of them in my new mercury enclosures (once the raft arrives)

Winston Churchill wrote:
What about my current MP how would it compare to the current Mac pro line up.
I have the same basic machine as yours and have used Cinebench CPU Benchmark to compare with the latest Mac Pro but obviously yours may be faster or slower depending the precise components in your machine:
*My Machine:*
8C/8T @3.00GHz, Intel Xeon CPU X5365 - Score 6.24
*Reference Machine*
8C/16T @2.92 Ghz, Intel Xeon CPU X5570 - Score 10.33 (65% Improvement)
Obviously there is more to performance than raw CPU performance but having mod'ed mine pretty well now (256 GB SSD Boot drive, 4,.5 TB Raid0 data drive, ATI Radeon HD 4870 Graphics - see blog posts below) I'm finding much of the work I am doing (video work mainly) is processor bound. I've also been thinking about upgrading. You should maybe consider the same.
Your 1900XT for example: I had one of these BTO and hated the noise and lack of performance. I jumped to the 8800GT when it was made available for the early Mac Pro's and now have a 4870 which is fact and quiet. This is hundreds of pounds of graphics upgrades that I could have used on a new machine.
The mods I have made have significantly improved my machine as you can see in the results of my blog posts below. However the best solution for you is probably to upgrade to a new machine. But I would encourage you NOT to buy a new Mac Pro now as the current model is 18 months old and Apple must be launching their new models soon.
Implementing an SSD for the boot drive may actually be a good investment now whilst waiting for the new models to come out as it will significantly enhance your existing system and you can swap it into your new machine when it arrives so you wouldn't lose anything.
Good luck anyway
Alan
*ATI 487*0
http://www.theapplechap.com/TheAppleChap/Blog/Entries/2010/4/16The_ultimate_graphics_on_the_earlyMacPro.html
*Crucial C300 SSD*
http://www.theapplechap.com/TheAppleChap/Blog/Entries/2010/4/9Speed_and_Silence_-_The_joys_ofSSD.html
*Raid0 4.5 TB Disk Array*
http://www.theapplechap.com/TheAppleChap/Blog/Entries/2010/4/2Earning_your_stripes_-_Raid0_on_a_MacPro.html

W520 power supply rating vs. performance question

I have had a W520 with the i2820 processor option and the quadro 1000 video for over 3 weeks now. I bought several spare 170 watt power bricks for it, but in one location I kept the 135 watt brick from my W510.
When I moved from the w500 to the w510, when I used a 90 watt w500 brick, the w510 would boot with a BIOS level message that said that the power supply was not adequate and that the machine would be stepped down to a slower speed. The reduction in performance was dramatic and noticable. (The w510 had the 45 watt consumption i920 chip and the more power hungry graphics)
When I use or boot the w520 with the 135 watt supply, there is no message. My benchmarks do not change from those registered when on the 170 watt power supply, starting with the Win 7 system benchmarks for processor and video. Further, the 135 watt brick is cooler to the touch than the 170 watt one under sustained usage (3 hours plus).
The question: given that the w520 in my configuration seems to draw less power than the hot and hungry w510, is the 135 watt supply going to work "as well as" the 170 watt one? As a briefcase lugger, any way to shed weight is valued.
Other considerations: I have no WWAN card installed, and have the CD/DVD removed and substituted with an SSD. The main drive is also SSD, bringing down somewhat the power requirements.
David Gleason. Every T from the T20 to the T61p, W500, W510. Current system: W520 4270-CTO i2820 8GBx4 (corsair), FHD(1920x1080), NVIDIA Quadro 1000M and 2 Samsung 830 512gb SATA III SSD.

I remember another post, that I can't seem to find now, which refers to a software utility that displays wattage being consumed by the system. This would be quite helpful.
Couldn't that be used to study what is being used, and how much of a power adapter is needed to operate the system?
I am trying to come up with a solution for vehicle usage, and I am afraid, it will have to be a 12V to 120v power inverter with a brick plugged into it.
Another factor will be the amount of power consumed when recharging the internal 9cell battery and the external 9cell slice. Doing this while operating the system with WiFi / WWAN active will increase the demand.
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W520 4276-2QU i7-2720QM quad core, 4GBx1, FHD(1920x1080), NVIDIA Quadro 2000M, 500GB-7200, 6205WiFi, 720pCamera, Bluetooth, vPro, 57++9cell, 27++9cellSlice, Win7Pro64
IBM R50 WinXP for backup.

I don't understand the thing you call live bookmarks never used it, and most forums I have used notify VIA E-mail not giving out my E-mail address information when a reply has been made to the thread in question.

So how do I get notified of updates in this forum? As I said: I don't understand the thing you call LIVE BOOKMARKS I have never used them, and most forums I have used notify VIA E-mail not giving out my E-mail address, or other private information when a reply has been made to the thread in question, so how do I get notified of updates in this forum? I have seen no normal options for setting my viewing preferences used for this forum. Thank You.

Thanks for your reply via email/msg. He wrote:
If you are interested in the actual design data for the Xeon processor, go to the Intel site and the actual CPU part numbers are:
Xeon 4 core - E5.1620v2
Xeon 6 core - E5.1650v2
Xeon 8 core - E5.1680v2
Xeon 12 core - E5.2697v2
I read that the CPU is easy to swap out but am sure something goes wrong at a certain point - even if solderedon they make material to absorb the solder, making your work area VERY clean.
My Question now is this, get an 8 core, then replace with 2 3.7 QUAD CHIPS, what would happen?
I also noticed that the 8 core Mac Pro is 3.0 when in fact they do have a 3.4 8 core chip, so 2 =16? Or if correct, wouldn't you be able to replace a QUAD CHIP WITH THAT? I;M SURE THEY ARE UO TO SOMETHING AS 1) WE HAVE SEEN NO AUDIO FPU OR PERHAPS I SHOULD CHECK OUT PC MAKERS WINDOWS machines for Sisoft Sandra "B-E-N-C-H-M-A-R-K-S" -
SOMETHINGS UP AND AM SURE WE'LL ALL BE PLEASED, AS the mac pro was announced Last year, barely made the December mark, then pushed to January, then February and now April.
Would rather wait and have it done correct than released to early only to have it benchmarked in audio and found to be slower in a few areas- - - the logical part of my brain is wondering what else I would have to swap out as I am sure it would run, and fine for a while, then, poof....
PEACE===AM SURE APPLE WILL BLOW US AWAY - they have to figure out how to increase the power for 150 watts or make the GPU work which in regard to FPU, I thought was NVIDIA?

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