By: John Stutsman
We all want to know how our MicroServer’s and other Machines compare in performance and how this performance is impacted by different hardware, storage drives, OS’s, drive extender replacements, RAID configurations, etc.
Dave, Chris, and I thought it would be useful to build a jumping off point (a Start Menu of sorts) for a future series of performance studies we will execute and blog about in future postings. Hopefully, you will find this collection useful and will return often to this page to get the latest study.
- Performance Comparison of Windows Server 2012 Essentials on the HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer and the HP ProLiant N54L G7 MicroServer -- Using Intel’s NAS Performance Toolkit v1.7.1 and a Stop Watch I measured the performance difference between the N40L and the N54L running Windows Server 2012 Essentials with 16GB of RAM
- Moving my Windows Home Server 2011 to the HP ProLiant N54L G7 MicroServer -- After completing Intel's NAS Performance Toolkit v1.7.1 testing on Windows Home Server 2011 on the N40L I moved everything to the N54L for comparison testing and to be the new home for Windows Home Server 2011
- Performance Comparison of Windows Home Server 2011 on the HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer & HP ProLiant N54L G7 MicroServer -- Using Intel's NAS Performance Toolkit v1.7.1 and a Stop Watch I measured the Performance difference between the N40L and the N54L running Windows Server 2011 with 8GB of RAM
- Performance Comparison of a Modified HP EX-487 and the HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer & the HP ProLiant N54L G7 MicroServer -- Using Intel's NAS Performance Toolkit v1.7.1 I measured the performance of an HP Media Smart Server Ex-487 that had been modified up with 4GB RAM and E5200 CPU replacement. I compared these results to the performance recorded earlier with Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows Server 2012 Essentials on the HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer & the HP ProLiant N54L G7 MicroServer.
- Performance Comparison of Rumored HP ProLiant G8 MicroServer CPU's G630T & G530T -- Using the latest (5/22/2013) PassMark Index Scores I update the report HP ProLiant MicroServer CPU Performance Index Comparisons for the G630T & G530T that are rumored to be in the future HP G8 MicroServer
- A First Time Build with Windows Home Server 2011 and HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer -- Part I -- With a Stock MicroServer (Stock BIOS, Stock HDD, Stock 2GB RAM) plus two Windows Home Server 2011 and two large HDD's it is possible to set up a Home Server that can do Bare Metal Backups of your home PC's and provide Good NAS Performance as measured by NASPT.
- A First Time Build with Windows Home Server 2011 and HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer -- Part II -- One of the best things one can do for NASPT performance improvement in WHS2011 is to Max out the RAM to 8GB.
Note: the NASPT Benchmarks discussed in individual Postings are useful for Comparisons with the specific testing setup, network, and Client Workstation implementation in THAT Posting and should not be considered absolute benchmarks for comparison against another person’s results.
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