ThunderBay 4 Txhawb Cov Tsav Tsheb Sab Nraud, SSDs, RAID, thiab Tsis Yog-RAID hauv Txhua Yam Combo
OWC (Lwm Lub Ntiaj Teb Computing) tau ntev mus rau qhov chaw mus rau cov chaw hauv Mac, vim li ntawd thaum lub tuam txhab pib tsim nws tus kheej Thunderbolt-sab nraud tsav cov ntaub ntawv, kuv qhov kev xav tau yog piqued.
Thunderbolt tau yog ib feem ntawm Mac's I / O peev txheej txij thaum xyoo 2011 , thiab tam sim no yog ib feem ntawm txhua tus qauv tshiab Mac. Nws cov lus cog tseg loj tshaj plaws yog los muab kev sib txuas lus ceev tshaj plaws ntawm lwm cov lag luam thiab Mac, tiam sis kev sib txuas ntawm cov kua Apple Thunderbolt zaub, thiab ib tug Thousandard sab nraud cov kev tawm hauv ntau RAID configurations, tsis tau muaj ntau Thunderbolt cov khoom siv.
Txheej txheem cej luam: OWC ThunderBay 4
Lub ThunderBay 4 yog ib qho uas tsis yog RAID Thunderbolt enclosure uas txais tau txog plaub tus qauv duab nyuaj los yog plaub SSDs (adapter muag nyias), los yog ob qho tag nrho ntawm ob hom kev tsav.
Vim tias qhov chaw nkaum tsis suav nrog RAID ntu nruab nrog, Mac pom cov drives ntsia rau hauv qhov chaw thaiv raws li tus kheej sab nraud, uas tso cai rau koj los txiav txim seb lawv yuav kho li cas. Lawv tuaj yeem nyob twj ywm raws li tus neeg tsav tsheb, lossis koj tuaj yeem siv ib qho ntawm RAID software raws li muaj xws li Apple's Disk Utility lossis SoftRAID . Peb mam li tham ntxiv txog RAID peev xwm me ntsis tom qab hauv qhov kev soj ntsuam no.
Lub ThunderBay 4 los ntawm ntau yam teeb meem, xws li BYOD (Nqa Koj Tus Kheej Tsav) thiab nrog cov ntau ntawm ntau qhov muaj menyuam ua ntej. Cov nqi tam sim no yog:
| Qhov loj | Configuration | Nqe |
|---|---|---|
| LOS TSWV | Tsis muaj drives | $ 397.99 |
| 4 TB | 1 Kab mob TB x 4 | $ 649.88 |
| 8 Kab Mob | 2 Kab mob TB x 4 | $ 784.99 |
| 12 Kab Mob | 3 TB tsav x 4 | $ 887.99 |
| 16 TB | 4 Tiv thaiv kab mob x 4 | $ 1,097.99 |
| 20 Kab Mob | 5 Kab Mob TB X 4 | $ 1,199.99 |
| Qhov loj | Configuration | Nqe |
|---|---|---|
| LOS TSWV | Tsis muaj drives | $ 494.99 |
| 4 TB | 1 Kab mob TB x 4 | $ 729.99 |
| 8 Kab Mob | 2 Kab mob TB x 4 | $ 854.88 |
| 12 Kab Mob | 3 TB tsav x 4 | $ 959.99 |
| 16 TB | 4 Tiv thaiv kab mob x 4 | $ 1,174.99 |
| 20 Kab Mob | 5 Kab Mob TB X 4 | 1,279.00 |
ThunderBay 4 Hardware Overview
ThunderBay 4 yog me me, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum koj xav txog seb muaj dab tsi nyob hauv sab nraud cov ntaub ntawv: plaub nti 3½-inch tsav bays, pob 4-qhov chaw, ib Thunderbolt 2 (20 Gbps) rau SATA 3 (6 Gbits / sec) fais fab, thiab cua txias txias, txhua yam muaj nyob rau hauv ib qho kev thaiv uas ntsuas 9.65 nti tob x x 5.31 nti dav x 6.96 nti siab.
Kuv puas tau hais tias lub hwj huam tawm yog sab hauv? Qhov ntawd txhais tias tsis muaj hwj chim cib los mus ncaws pob ze lossis poob.
Sab xub ntiag ntawm lub rooj thaiv muaj vaj huam sib luag uas muab tau rau plaub lub rooj tsav tsheb SATA. Lub vaj huam sib luag pem hauv ntej kuj muaj tsib LEDs. Thawj qhia tias qhov xwm txheej ntawm lub hwj chim (on / off / standby); cov seem plaub muab kev tso cai rau txhua ntawm plaub lub rooj sib tw tsav tsheb. Lub tsheb ntawm lub rooj thaiv muaj xws li Kensington qhov kev ruaj ntseg qhov chaw, qhov chaw nres nkoj dual Thunderbolt, ib qho rau / tawm rocker hloov, AC power cord connector, thiab 3½-inch kiv cua.
Ib lo lus hais txog tus kiv cua: ThunderBay 4 xav tau ib lub kiv cua me me rau cov cua daj cua dub thiab cov fais fab. Koj tuaj yeem hnov tus kiv cua, tab sis nws tsis qis heev. Nyob hauv ib qho chaw ua haujlwm, koj yuav tsis pom tus kiv cua nrov, thaum nyob hauv ib lub tsev nyob ntsiag to los sis studio, koj yuav hnov tus kiv cua khiav. Kuv xum cov khoom siv nyob ntsiag to, tab sis lub suab ntxhe suab paj nruag tau rau kuv; koj cov nqi dhia dej yuav txawv.
Tsav Tsheb
Cov ThunderBay 4 siv siv cov phais (khoom siv) los tsev. Cov tsav lub tais yog nyob tom qab hauv lub vaj huam sib luag. Qhib lub vaj huam sib luag pem hauv ntej thiab viav vias lub vaj huam sib luag thiab tawm los qhia txog plaub lub tais. Txhua lub tais yuav muaj thumbscrew kom ruaj ntseg rau lub phaj rau lub tsav tsheb.
Tsav cov kaus poom muaj cim A, B., C, thiab D kom sib haum mus rau ib tus tsav tshwjxeeb. Qhov no yog rau kev yooj yim xwb; koj tuaj yeem sib pauv cov tais thiab tsav tsheb ntawm lub siab, tsis muaj teebmeem rau ntawm daim ntawv ceebtoom lossis tsav kev ua haujlwm.
Ntxiv ib tsav rau lub tais tsav tsheb yog li yooj yooj yim li twiddling ib tus ntaus ntsig. Thaum ntsia hauv kev tsav tsheb, tus tsav yuav siv tau rau hauv ThunderBay 4 enclosure. Koj tuaj yeem yuav khoom nqa lub tais, uas yuav cia koj yooj yim tshem tawm drives ntawm ntau cov ntaub qhwv, los yog khw tawm offsite.
ThunderBay 4 Kev Xeem thiab Kev Ua Zoo
Peb ThundayBay 4 chav tshuaj ntsuam tau muab kho nrog plaub 3 TB Toshiba DT01ACA300 7200 RPM nyuaj drives.
Kuv txuas nrog ThunderBay 4 rau peb qhov kev xeem, uas muaj ib lub 2011 MacBook Pro nrog 4 GB RAM, 2 GHz Intel Quad-Core i7, thiab 500 GB hauv kev tsav nyuaj.
Kuv txuas nrog ThunderBay 4 thiab MacBook Pro nrog Thunderbolt cable nkag nrog lub enclosure.
ThunderBay 4 thiab nws cov ntsiab lus plaub tau pom zoo nyob rau hauv kev pib, thiab kuv tau teeb tsa siv Disk Utility kom haum txhua li Mac OS Extended (Journeys).
Nrog rau kev ua tiav tiav, kuv siv BlackMagic Design Disk Speed Test, nrog rau txoj cai Prosoft Engineering's Drive Genius 3, los ntsuas qhov sau tau yooj yim thiab nyeem tau ntawv ntawm txhua tus tsav hauv lub enclosure. Qhov no tsis yog qhov kev ntsuam xyuas ntau heev; qhov kuv xav tau yog pom tias ThunderBay 4 enclosure muaj kev nyiam nyob rau hauv kev ua tau zoo ntawm kev tsav tsheb. Tom qab kev teeb tsa txhua tsav, kuv tau xa cov ntaub thaiv thiab tsiv txhua tsav tsheb mus rau tom ntej tsav tsheb. Kuv mam li rov khiav ntawm cov qauv kom pom tias puas muaj kev hloov loj hauv cov qauv.
Kuv kawm ob yam ntawm qhov kev xeem no. Ua ntej, uas shuffling lub drives ntawm tsav bay mus tsav bay yog ib piece ntawm khoom qab zib; lawv ntog hauv thiab tawm nrog me ntsis kev siv zog. Qhov thib ob me ntsis ntawm cov ntaub ntawv uas kuv kawm tau yog tias txhua tsav tsav ua zoo li txhua lwm yam; muaj tsis muaj cov kab tshab qab zib nyob rau hauv qhov chaw nkaum kom txhawj txog los yog coj kom zoo dua hauv kev sim.
Kev Tsav Tsheb Rau Ib Tus Neeg
Kuv ntsuas txhua tsav tsheb kev ua haujlwm hauv ThunderBay 4 enclosure. Nruab nrab tsav Nyeem qhov kev tshwm sim tuaj ntawm 188.375 MB / s, Thaum Sau ntawv qhov kev ua tau zoo yog 182.025 MB / s. Cov neeg zoo nkauj heev rau cov neeg tsav tsheb, tab sis txij li thaum kuv nyuam qhuav kuaj ib tus tsav rau ib lub sij hawm, kuv tsis muab txhua yam lim rau hauv daim ntawv ceeb toom.
Kuv txiav txim siab seb qhov ThunderBay 4 ua tau zoo licas nrog ntau yam RAID arrays uas siv ntau tshaj ib tsav ntawm ib lub sijhawm.
RAID Kev Ua Zoo
Siv Disk Utility, kuv tsim ib RAID 0 (striped) array ntawm ob, ces peb, ces tag nrho plaub drives, thiab ntsuas txhua array kev ua tau zoo.
| 2 tsav | 3 tsav | 4 tsav | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyeem | 380.60 | 554.50 | 674.00 |
| Sau | 365.50 | 541.30 | 642.60 |
Vim tias kuv kuj xav kuaj lub ThunderBay 4 enclosure nrog SoftRAID, uas yog siv ob peb nta tshaj Disk Utility, nrog rau ntau qhov ntau RAID kev xaiv, Kuv txiav txim siab los ua cov tib RAID 0 arrays tib yam.
| 2 tsav | 3 tsav | 4 tsav | |
| Nyeem | 381.70 | 532.80 | 678.40 |
| Sau | 350.20 | 535.90 | 632.00 |
Hloov tshiab : Kuv tau khiav ib qho benchmark ntxiv, QuickBench 4.0.4, los saib nyob rau hauv plaub-tsav RAID 0 kev ua tau zoo, zoo li tsis tshua muaj nqi rau kuv nrog Disk Speed Test. Kuv configured QuickBench los tsim ib txoj kev cai sib npaug li Disk Speed Test siv.
| Disk Utility | SoftRAID | |
|---|---|---|
| Nruab Nrab Nyeem | 742.90 | 741.25 |
| Qhov Nruab Nruab Nrab | 693.17 | 646.89 |
Thaum MB / s tooj sib txawv me ntsis hauv txhua ntawm ob qho software raws li RAID systems, tag nrho cov kev ua haujlwm tseem nyob ntawm tib yam; uas yog hais, tsis yog muab cov txiaj ntsim ntawm kev tsim striped arrays. Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws uas yuav tsum tau nco ntsoov tias ThunderBay 4 enclosure tsis tuaj yeem ua rau kev cuam tshuam kev ua haujlwm, txawm tias thaum siv plaub txoj kev siv sib luag. SoftRAID muab ib qho txiaj ntsim ntxiv rau nws kev muaj peev xwm los soj ntsuam cov RAID arrays, ntes tau qhov tsis ua hauj lwm hom, thiab xa raws li txoj cai tshiab rau koj ntawm email, thiab txawm ua kho nrog qee hom ntawm RAID arrays.
Cov txheej txheem tom ntej no ntsia saib ThunderBay 4 thiab SoftRAID 5, uas yog muaj nyob rau hauv qhov kev xaiv nrog qhov enclosure. SoftRAID 5 muaj qee cov kev siv zoo nkauj zoo nkauj, nrog rau kev muaj peev xwm los tsim cov qauv RAID ntxiv, nrog rau RAID 1 + 0 , RAID 4, thiab RAID 5 . Tag nrho peb ntawm no RAID theem muab qhov ceev nce ntxiv ntawm striping drives, nrog rau kev pab ntawm kev txhim kho kev txhaum, siv khiav hauv-tus-ya payment parity los yog ib tug ua ke ntawm striped plus mirrored arrays ua hauj lwm hauv tandem.
| RAID 1 + 0 | RAID 4 | RAID 5 | |
| Nyeem | 365.70 | 543.50 | 499.50 |
| Sau | 324.60 | 380.20 | 375.70 |
| RAID 1 + 0 | RAID 4 | RAID 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyeem | 378.73 | 564.13 | 557.99 |
| Sau | 318.64 | 496.02 | 500.25 |
Lus Cim: Tag nrho RAID teeb tsa nyob rau hauv lub rooj no tau siv tag nrho plaub drives.
Raws li koj tau pom, muaj peev xwm raug nplua rau kev siv RAID 1 + 0, RAID 4, lossis RAID 5 levels. Tab sis qhov kev nplua yog yooj yim offset los ntawm kev ruaj ntseg ntxiv ntawm muaj kev sib npaug (RAID 4 los yog 5), los yog muaj daim iav ntawm cov kab driped (RAID 1 + 0). Kuv twb tau zoo nkauj zoo siab los ntawm SoftRAID, thiab nws lub peev xwm los tsim thiab txheej txheem cov ntaub ntawv qhia kev tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam loj loj hauv kev ua tau zoo. Nyob rau hauv tsis yog-dhau-nyob yav dhau los, hom RAID no tsuas yog pom hauv kev kho vajtse vim tias cov kev nplua nuj ntawm cov kev ua txhaum software raug tsim tawm.
Xaus
Kuv zoo siab heev ntawm ThunderBay 4 qhov tsim txhua yam thiab kev ua tau zoo. Kuv nyiam qhov OWC tau xaiv tawm hauv RAID cov kev xaiv ncaj qha rau tus neeg siv txhais tes. Qhov no tso cai rau ThunderBay 4 enclosure siv rau ntau ntau qhov scenarios: raws li tus thaub qab, raws li kev tshaj tawm, lossis nrog ntau RAID configurations kom nce kev ua tau zoo. Koj tuaj yeem siv ThunderBay 4 rau ntau daim ntawv sau npe, hais tias ob lub kab kos RAID array rau kev ua hauj lwm nrog kev yees duab, thiab lub tshuab tsav nruab nrab ob zaug . Qhov teeb meem tau tsim nyog yuav tsis muaj qhov kawg.
Lub SoftRAID app nrog rau ThunderBay 4 muaj ntau lub peev xwm tshaj qhov muaj hauv Apple's Disk Utility. Yog tias koj tab tom npaj siv lub enclosure hauv RAID configuration ntawm txhua hom, Kuv pom zoo kom SoftRAID. Kuv twb tau siv SoftRAID rau xyoo ntawm peb tus kheej cov neeg rau zaub mov, muab cov ntaub ntawv iav nrog qhov kev ua txhaum qhia tawm thiab kev kho dua tshiab.
Lub ThunderBay 4 yog ib yam khoom zoo uas ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm tus neeg ua haujlwm uas xav tau kev ceev cia, nrog rau tus neeg twg uas tab tom nrhiav kom muaj ntau txoj kev khaws cia thiab thaub qab. Ib qho loj me yuav tuaj yeem haum txhua yam.
Kev Tshaj Tawm: Tshawb nrhiav tau los ntawm lub khw. Yog xav paub ntxiv, thov mus saib peb Txoj Cai Kev Ncaj Ncees .