OWC ThunderBay 4 - Kurira Kwemhepo Kunononoka

ThunderBay 4 Inotsigira Dambudziko Dhairi, SSDs, RAID, uye Non-RAID mune chero Combo

OWC (Dzimwe Nyika Computing) yakagara iine nzvimbo yekuenda kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzeMac, saka apo kambani yakatanga kubudisa itshuwo rayo yeThunderbolt-based kunze yekuvhara motokari, chido changu chakanga chichimbwa.

Thunderbolt yave iri chikamu cheMac's I / O inoyevedza kubva pakutanga kwegore ra2011 , uye ikozvino chikamu chema Mac Mac yose. Chibvumirano chayo chakakura chaiva kupa hutsva hunoshamwaridzana huri pakati pechirongwa chekunze uye Mac, asi kunze kweApple's Own Thunderbolt kuratidza, uye shoma shoma yeTurnderbolt panze mumasangano akasiyana-siyana eRIDID, hapasati yave yakawanda maTribbolt mafaira aripo.

Kubatana: OWC ThunderBay 4

KudengaBay 4 kune imwe nzvimbo isina kunze RAID Thunderbolt yakavharidzirwa inogona kugamuchira kusvika kumadhorodhi mana akazara madhidhiki kana ezine SSD (adapta inotengeswa zvakasiyana), kana kusanganiswa kwemhando mbiri dzemotokari.

Nokuti iyo yakavhara haina kuisa mukati re hardware-based RAID, iyo Mac inotarisa inotungirirwa yakaiswa mukati maro seyomunhu mumwe oga, iyo inokubvumira kusarudza kuti ichagadzirirwa sei. Vanogona kuramba vari semunhu anotungamira, kana iwe unogona kushandisa imwe yezvinowanikwa ma-software-based RAID systems, zvakadai seApple's Disk Utility kana SoftRAID . Tichazotaura zvakawanda nezve RAID masimba zvishoma mushure mekuongorora uku.

RuzhaBay 4 inouya mumagadziriro akasiyana-siyana, kusanganisira BYOD (Bring Your Own Drives) uye nematokisi emasikisi akasiyana-siyana asati aiswa. Nhasi matengo ndeaya:

ThunderBay 4 pasina Software RaID 5
Size Kugadzirisa Mutengo
BYOD Kwete madhini $ 397.99
4 TB 1 TB drive x 4 $ 649.88
8 TB 2 TB inotakura x 4 $ 784.99
12 TB 3 TB inotakura x 4 $ 887.99
16 TB 4 TB inotakura x 4 $ 1,097.99
20 TB 5 TB inotakura x 4 $ 1,199.99
ThunderBay 4 neSoftRAID 5 isati yaiswa
Size Kugadzirisa Mutengo
BYOD Kwete madhini $ 494.99
4 TB 1 TB drive x 4 $ 729.99
8 TB 2 TB inotakura x 4 $ 854.88
12 TB 3 TB inotakura x 4 $ 959.99
16 TB 4 TB inotakura x 4 $ 1,174.99
20 TB 5 TB inotakura x 4 1,279.00

ThunderBay 4 Hardware Hardware

RuzhaRay 4 ruduku, kunyanya paunofunga kuti chii chinowanikwa mune imwe nyaya yacho: mana 3½-inch drive bays, gorosi rechina-slot, Bhanhire 2 (20 Gbps) ku SATA 3 (6 Gbits / sec) interface simba, uye fan fan, zvose zviri muvharo inosvika 9.65 masendimita yakafara x 5.31 masendimita yakafara x 6.96 masendimita akareba.

Ndakataura here kuti simba rinowanikwa mukati? Izvozvo zvinoreva kuti hapana simba zvidhinha kumhanya kana kuti kurasikirwa.

Pamberi pekamuri yacho mune panhivi rinowanikwa rinopa ruzivo rwemachina SATA motokari. Pamberi pepanhi rinosanganisirawo maSV LED. Yokutanga inoratidza chiremera chemasimba (pa / kuvhara / kumira); izvo zvinosara zvina zvinopa kuwanika kwemamiriro ezvimwe zvezvikamu zvina zvekutyaira. Pamberi penzvimbo iyi inosanganisira Kensington kuchengetedzwa slot, dual Thunderbolt ports, on / off off rocker switch, AC power cord connector, uye 3½-inch fan.

Izwi pamusoro pe fan: Bhenzi 4 inoda fan-yakakura fan kuitira kuporesa zvakakwana kwemafambisi uye simba remukati. Iwe unogona kunzwa fan, asi haisi kunyanya kudanidzira. Munzvimbo yehofisi, zvichida haungatombocherecheri ruzha rwevhiri, kana uri mumusha wakanyarara kana studio, unogona kunzwa fan iri kutamba. Ndinosarudza midziyo yakanyarara, asi mutinhi wepikicha wakagamuchirwa kwandiri; milege yako inogona kusiyana.

Drive Drive

KudengaBay 4 inoshandisa motokari trays (inopiwa) kuti imba inotyaira. Iyo motokari inowanika iri mberi kwepamberi pepamberi. Svinura panhivi yepanepa uye svetera panamera pasi uye kunze kuti uone magetsi mana emotokari. Tereyi imwe neimwe ine chigunwe chechigunwe chekuchengetedza tereyiti kumotokari.

Dhiyabhorosi inoiswa mazita A, B. C, uye D kuti ienderane nedzimwe nzvimbo yekutya. Izvi ndezvokuti zviri nyore chete; iwe unogona kushandura tereys uye kutengesa mabhiza pane zvido, pasina mhedziso pane yakavharidzirwa kana kutyaira basa.

Kuwedzera motokari kune motokari tray yakangoita sechinhu chinoshandiswa chekugadzirisa zvinonzi screwdriver. Imwe yakasungirirwa mumotokari yemotokari, motokari inogona kushandiswa mune chero ipi zvayo yeTurnderBay 4. Iwe unogona kutotenga spare drive trays, iyo inogona kukubvumira kuti uite nyore kutamisa inotengesa pakati pezvivako zvakawanda, kana kuti uchengetedze kurega.

Kutinhira 4 Kuedza nekushanda

Our ThundayBay 4 test unit akauya yakagadzirirwa neine 3 TB Toshiba DT01ACA300 7200 RPM inotyisa.

Ini ndakabatana neTurnderBay 4 ku yedu test system, iyo inowanikwa muna 2011 MacBook Pro ne 4 GB RAM, 2 GHz Intel Quad-Core i7, uye 500 GB mukati dhiraire remukati.

Ndakabatana neTurnderBay 4 ne MacBook Pro neTambo yeTinhira inowanikwa nechokuvhara.

Kudengenyeka 4 uye mairi mana aikwanisa kuonekwa pakutanga, uye ini ndakatanga kushandisa Disk Utility kuronga imwe neimwe se Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

Ndiine maitiro akazara, ndakashandisa BlackMagic Design Disk Speed ​​Test, pamwe chete neProsoft Engineering's Drive Genius 3, kuti ndienzanise kunyora kwekuverenga uye kuverenga kushanda kwedhimwe rega mune imwe yakavhara. Ichi chakanga chisisiri kuedza kukuru; izvo zvandaifarira mukati maiva kuona kana Bhutani-Bay 4 yakanga yakave nezvimwe zvaidiwa mukushanda kwebhayari bay. Mushure mekufananidza imwe motokari, ndakaisa pasi iyo yakavhara uye ndakafambisa motokari imwe neimwe kuenda kune inotevera motokari. Ini ndakabva ndadzoka zvakare zvikwangwani kuti ndione kana pakanga paine chero kuchinja kwakakosha pane zvidzidzo.

Ndakadzidza zvinhu zviviri kubva mumuedzo uyu. Chokutanga, kuvhara motokari kubva kumotokari yekuenda kuendesa bhayi chikamu chekeke; vanopinda mukati nekunze vasina kuedza. Chinyorwa chechipiri chemashoko ndakadzidza ndechokuti motokari imwe neimwe inoita pamwe chete nedzimwewo; kwakanga kusina kutapira kwakanaka mukati mechipfuva kuti uzvidye pamusoro kana kutora mukana mukuedza.

Basa roga reD Drive

Ndakayera kushanda kwega kwega yega mumuganhu weTurnderBay 4. Avhareji yekutya Verenga shanduro yakauya pa188.375 MB / s, nepo Kunyora maitiro kwaive 182.025 MB / s. Izvo zvinonakidza zvakanakisisa kune mumwe munhu anotyaira, asi kubvira pandakanga ndichingoedza imwe motokari panguva imwe chete, ndakanga ndisingaisi chero rudzi rwemhando yepamusoro.

Ndakasarudza kuona kuti BhunderBay 4 yakanyatsoita sei nemhando dzakasiyana-siyana dzeRIDID dzinoshandisa zvinodarika imwe motokari panguva.

RAID Performance

Ndichishandisa Disk Utility, ndakagadzira RAID 0 (yakatsvaga) yakawanda yezviviri, zvekare zvitatu, uye zvose zvinotyaira, uye yakayera maitiro ega ega.

Disk Utility RAID 0 (Stripe) MB / s - Disk Speed ​​Test
2 drive 3 drive 4 drive
Verenga 380.60 554.50 674.00
Nyora 365.50 541.30 642.60

Nokuti ini ndaidawo kuedza bhavha yeBhunderBay 4 neSoftRAID, iyo inopa zvimwe zvishoma pane Disk Utility, kusanganisira zvimwe zvisarudzo zvishoma zveRIDID, ndakasarudza kuumba zvakafanana RAID 0 mapurisa.

SoftRAID RAID 0 (Stripe) MB / s - Disk Speed ​​Test
2 drive 3 drive 4 drive
Verenga 381.70 532.80 678.40
Nyora 350.20 535.90 632.00

Kuvandudza : Ndakamhanya pane imwe nzira, QuickBench 4.0.4, kuti nditarise zvakananga pamakumbo mana RAID 0, iyo yaiita sediki pasi kwandiri neDisk Speed ​​Test. Ndakagadzirisa QuickBench kuti ndibudise chiyero chetsika chakaenzana neDisk Speed ​​Test inoshandisa.

4-GARA RAID 0 MB / s - QuickBench 4.0.4
Disk Utility SoftRAID
Average Read 742.90 741.25
Avhareji Nyora 693.17 646.89

Kunyange zvazvo nhamba dze MB / s dzakasiyana zvakasiyana mune imwe neimwe yezvirongwa zve-RAID-based RAID, basa rose rakaramba rakafanana; ndiko kureva, kana kupa chero rubatsiro pakuumba mavara ane mavara. Chinhu chinokosha kucherechedza ndechokuti nzvimbo yeBhunderBay 4 haina kuonekwa kunge ichikanganisa kushanda, kunyange kana mabheji mana anoshandiswa panguva imwe chete. SoftRAID inopa rubatsiro rwakawedzerwa mukukwanisa kwayo kwekuona majekiti e RAID, kuona kuti zvinogona kukanganisa maitiro, uye kutumira zvinyorwa zvezvematongerwe mauri kuburikidza ne email, uye kunyange kuita kugadziriswa nemamwe marudzi emaARID.

Nheyo yepiri inotevera yakatarisa kushandisa ThunderBay 4 neSoftRAID 5, iyo inowanikwa sechinhu chisarudzo nechokuvhara. SoftRAID 5 inopa teknolojia inoyevedza yakaisvonaka, kusanganisira kukwanisa kuumba mamwe ma RAID marudzi, kusanganisira RAID 1 + 0 , RAID 4, uye RAID 5 . Zvose zvitatu zvezvikwata zve RAID zvinopa kukurumidza kukurumidza kunowanikwa kubva pakudhonza, nechinangwa chekururamisa kukanganisa, kushandisa kana-in-kuruka kuenzanirana kana kusanganiswa kwemavara ane mavara akashongedzerwa ari kushanda mumutambo.

SoftRAID 5 Yakafambisa MAVANZI mazinga MB / s - Disk Speed ​​Test
RAID 1 + 0 RAID 4 RAID 5
Verenga 365.70 543.50 499.50
Nyora 324.60 380.20 375.70
SoftRAID 5 Nzira dzakapfurikidza dzeZIDZIDZO MB / s - QuickBench 4.0.4
RAID 1 + 0 RAID 4 RAID 5
Verenga 378.73 564.13 557.99
Nyora 318.64 496.02 500.25

Cherechedza: Maitiro ose eRID muetafura aya akashandiswa kweirivha dzose.

Sezvaunogona kuona, panogona kuva nechikwereti chekushanda pakushandisa RAID 1 + 0, RAID 4, kana mazera RAID 5. Asi chirango ichocho chinongorambidzwa nyore nyore nehuwandu hwekuchengetedzwa kwekuva nehutano (RAID 4 kana 5), ​​kana kuva nechioni chezvikwata zvitsvuku (RAID 1 + 0). Ndakanga ndichinyatsonakidzwa neSoftRAID, uye kukwanisa kwayo kugadzira uye kushandura ruzivo rwehutungamiri kunze kwekushaya kukuru kwekushanda. Mukati-kwete-yakapfuura, rudzi urwu rwe RAID rwaizongoonekwa mune hardware-based solutions nekuda kwekuita chirango software zvinowanikwa.

Mhedziso

Ndiri kufadzwa chaizvo neTurnderBay 4's overall design and performance. Ndinofarira kuti OWC yakasarudza kusiya nzira dze RAID zvakanyanyisa mumaoko omunhu. Izvi zvinobvumira ThunderBay 4 yakavhara kuti ishandiswe mumamiriro ezvinhu akasiyana-siyana: sekuchengetedza, sekuchengetedzwa kwakawedzerwa, kana nehutano hwakasiyana-siyana hwe RAID kuwedzera basa. Iwe unogona kushandisa kunyange ThunderBay 4 nokuda kwezvidzidzo zvakawanda, taura mavara maviri-mavara RAID yekushanda nemavhidhiyo, uye ye-double-drive Time Machine kuchengeta . Izvo zvinogona kugadziriswa zvinenge zvisingagumi.

Sangano reSoftRAID rakabatanidzwa neBhunderBay 4 rinopa huwandu hunokwanisa kupfuura izvo zviripo muDisk Disk Utility. Kana uri kuronga kushandisa chivako muurongwa hwe RAID chero ipi zvayo, ini ndinokurudzira zvikuru SoftRAID. Ndanga ndichishandisa SoftRAID kwemakore pachedu pachedu, kupa mifananidzo yakajeka nekodzero yekubika uye yekugadzirisa zvakare.

KudengaBay 4 chinhu chakashamisa chinogona kukwanisa zvido zvezvenyanzvi dzinoda kushandiswa kwepamusoro-soro, uye chero ani ari kutsvaga nzira yakasiyana-siyana yekuchengetedza nekuchengetedza. Chiyero chimwe chete chinogona kukodzera zvose.

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