DataCore ran its software on three dual-processor Dell servers -- two with 3GHz processors and the other with 2.8GHz processors -- running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition. The servers were connected to 220 Seagate Technology Inc. (NYSE: STX) 18-Gbyte 15,000-RPM Fibre Channel drives housed in a JMR Electronics JBOD (just a bunch of disks) enclosure.
The SAN components included QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq: QLGC) host bus adapters, two 16-port QLogic switches, and a 24-port McData Corp. (Nasdaq: MCDTA) Sphereon 4500 switch.
The full results of DataCore's SPC-1 benchmark test are available here.
Todd Spangler, US Editor, Byte and Switch
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