RAID Level Compared - Quich Bench Test..

[Carbonadium4]

Specs: SuperMicro Dual P4 Xeon 2.2GHz
RAM: 2GB
OS: Windows XP Pro
RAID: AMI MegaRAID Elite 1600 Dual Channel
SCSI: Adaptec 19160 SCSI
IDE: Onboard IDE
IDE2SCSI: ACard Converter
HDD: Quantum Atlas III 73GB 8MB RAM 10K
IDE: Western Digital 200MB IDE 2MB Cache
IDE2SCSI: Western Digital 120MB IDE 8MB Cache

IDE Drive plugged into single IDE channel
IDE2SCSI Drive plugged into Adaptec 19120 SCSI Card
Quantum Drive plugged into AMI MegaRAID using 2 drives per channel

This was a simple test since I was rebuilding my Windows. Basically
Windows XP Pro is loaded, used default drivers. SP1A & Hotfix added. OS is then imaged to a data drive using Ghost. Each RAID is then configed and image restored to each partition and tested.

Reference RAID 0 - 1 Drive - aka plain boot drive

Double up RAID 0 - 2 Drive

Quad RAID 0 - 4 Drive

RAID 5 - 3 Drive - 3 Drive + Parity

RAID 5 - 4 Drive - 4 Drive + Parity

IDE Drive - Single

IDE2SCSI - Single