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miniSwap/ES Performance

The FirmTek miniSwap/ES provides outstanding RAID and JBOD performance with 2.5" SATA hard disks or 6G SSD devices. RAID 0 average write performance of 871MB/sec. and average read performance of 793MB/sec. can be achieved when a 6G PCIe 2.0 8x controller is installed. The eSATA 6G hardware-based miniSwap/ES provides an ultra high performance solution for mounting 2.5" solid state drives (SSD) or traditional hard disks externally.

Area Full	Write - Read [MB/s]	Write - Read [MB/s]	Write - Read [MB/s]	Write - Read [MB/s]
empty	456 - 394	873 - 793	215 - 245	422 - 493
10%	449 - 395	873 - 793	215 - 245	424 - 494
20%	456 - 396	868 - 792	217 - 247	422 - 493
30%	455 - 396	870 - 792	217 - 247	425 - 491
40%	456 - 396	873 - 792	217 - 247	419 - 492
50%	449 - 395	873 - 792	217 - 246	424 - 492
60%	456 - 394	872 - 793	215 - 246	423 - 493
70%	456 - 398	870 - 792	216 - 245	419 - 493
80%	456 - 394	869 - 793	217 - 245	424 - 493
90%	447 - 396	872 - 791	217 - 248	424 - 493
100%	456 - 398	873 - 794	215 - 247	423 - 493
Average	454 - 396	871 - 793	216 - 246	423 - 493
Configuration	Single 6G SSD	Dual 6G SSD RAID 0	Single 3G SSD	Dual 3G SSD RAID 0
Volume Size	120GB	240GB	120GB	240GB

Table 1 Testing Detail: The miniSwap/ES 2.5" enclosure was tested with 3G PCIe 4x and 6G PCIe 2.0 x8 SATA controllers installed in slot 2 of the 2009 Apple Mac Pro 2.26 running Mac OS X 10.7.1. 120GB OWC Mercury Electra 6G Solid State Drives were mounted in the miniSwap/ES enclosure. DiskTester 2.0 read and write tests were performed using a run area test to provide the results in MB/s.

	Write - Read [MB/s]	Write - Read [MB/s]	Write - Read [MB/s]	Write - Read [MB/s]
Performance Average	105 - 105	210 - 210	105 - 105	143 - 211
Controller	SeriTek/2ME4-E 2009 Mac Pro	SeriTek/2ME4-E 2009 Mac Pro	SeriTek/6G 2011 MacBook Pro	SeriTek/6G 2011 MacBook Pro
SATA HDD	Hitachi 7K500	Two Hitachi 7K500	Hitachi 7K500	Two Hitachi 7K500
Configuration	Single HDD	Dual Drive RAID 0	Single HDD	Dual Drive RAID 0
Volume Size	500GB	1TB	500GB	1TB

Table 2 Testing Detail: The miniSwap/ES 2.5" enclosure was tested with the SeriTek/2ME4-E and SeriTek/6G SATA controllers using the 2009 Apple Mac Pro 2.26 and 2011 MacBook Pro with Mac OS X 10.7.3. 500GB Hitachi drives were mounted in the miniSwap/ES enclosure. QuickBench 4.0 read and write tests were performed to provide the results in MB/s.

This information was produced by FirmTek, LLC for Macintosh users desiring an in-depth analysis of the performance options available with the FirmTek miniSwap/ES. We hope you find this data helpful. Results will vary with different third party controllers and/or different drive models.