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Fujitsu MAJ3xxx MAJ3182LP
  July 20, 2000 Author: Eugene Ra  

IOMeter Performance

 Testbed II IOMeter - Workstation Access Pattern - Total I/Os per secondDetails... 
Windows 2000 Professional, Unpartitioned
IBM Ultrastar 36LZX (18.3 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 132.31
|
Fujitsu MAJ3xxx (18.2 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 131.03
|
Seagate Cheetah 18XL (18.4 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 127.60
|
Quantum Atlas 10k II (36.7 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 127.01
|
Seagate Cheetah 36LP (36.7 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 121.95
|
Seagate Cheetah 18LP AV (18.2 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 120.54
|
Seagate Cheetah 18XL (18.4 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 161.85
|
Fujitsu MAJ3xxx (18.2 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 158.88
|
IBM Ultrastar 36LZX (18.3 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 156.24
|
Seagate Cheetah 36LP (36.7 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 154.54
|
Seagate Cheetah 18LP AV (18.2 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 149.90
|
Quantum Atlas 10k II (36.7 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 146.49
|
Seagate Cheetah 18XL (18.4 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 161.85
|
Fujitsu MAJ3xxx (18.2 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 158.69
|
IBM Ultrastar 36LZX (18.3 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 156.31
|
Seagate Cheetah 36LP (36.7 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 154.46
|
Seagate Cheetah 18LP AV (18.2 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 150.48
|
Quantum Atlas 10k II (36.7 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 146.70
|
Fujitsu MAJ3xxx (18.2 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 224.50
|
Seagate Cheetah 18XL (18.4 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 221.46
|
IBM Ultrastar 36LZX (18.3 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 218.61
|
Seagate Cheetah 36LP (36.7 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 211.61
|
Quantum Atlas 10k II (36.7 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 201.20
|
Seagate Cheetah 18LP AV (18.2 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 198.08
|
Fujitsu MAJ3xxx (18.2 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 274.03
|
IBM Ultrastar 36LZX (18.3 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 272.36
|
Seagate Cheetah 18XL (18.4 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 271.55
|
Seagate Cheetah 36LP (36.7 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 259.62
|
Seagate Cheetah 18LP AV (18.2 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 240.48
|
Quantum Atlas 10k II (36.7 GB Ultra160/m SCSI)
- 235.06
|

When it comes to Workstation performance as measured by Intel's IOMeter, the Fujitsu MAJ shines. Even in a linear load (where access time's role is greatest), the MAJ manages to edge out the Quantum Atlas 10k II by a margin of 3%. This gap only increases as the load gets heavier... all the way up to nearly 17% under a heavy load. Quite a significant difference in a significant benchmark!

The MAJ's IOMeter Workstation performance is so good, in fact, that it manages to edge out the IBM Ultrastar 36LZX in most loads to lay its claim as the fastest 10k RPM drive around for workstation usage. Not bad at all.

 Conclusion...


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