| Processore | |
| Socket 478 | Intel Pentium 4 Northwood, 3.2 GHz, 512 KB Cache, FSB800 |
| Socket 604 | Dual Intel Pentium 4 Xeon, 2.8 GHz, 512 KB Cache, FSB533 |
| Memorai di sistema | |
| DDR-SDRAM | 2x 512 MB PC3700 OCZ Gold Edition Rev. 2 (2.5-3-3-7) |
| Network/Motherboard | |
| 3COM / Marvell 940 | Asus P4C800, Rev. 1.03 Intel 875P chipset & ICH5-R |
| Broadcom BCM5705 | Epox EP-4PCA3+, Rev. 1.0 Intel 875P chipset & ICH5-R |
| Intel 82547EI (CSA) | DFI LanParty PRO875, Rev. A Intel 875P chipset & ICH5-R |
| 3COM 3C996B-T Broadcom BCM5701 |
Asus PP-DLW, Rev. 1.03 Intel E7505 chipset |
| Realtek RTL8100S | Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra, Rev. 1.0 SiS655TX & SiS964 |
| Altro Hardware | |
| Graphics card | nVIDIA GeForce FX 5900, 128 MB |
| Controller | Client systems: ICH5-R or SiS964 for RAID 0 Host system: Raidcore RC4000 für RAID 0 |
| Hard drives (client systems) | System drive: Western Digital WD800JB Test drive: RAID-0 array consisting of |
| Hard drives (server system) | System drive: Western Digital WD1000BB Test drive: RAID-0 array consisting of |
| Software | |
| Intel Chipset | Intel Chipset Installation Utility 5.1.1.1002 Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition Ver. 3.53 |
| Network drivers | 3COM / Marvel 940 Broadcom BCM5705 & BCM5701: Ver. 6.34.0.0 Intel Pro/1000 CT&MT (82547EI & 82541GI): Ver. 7.3.13.0 Realtek: Ver. 5.611.1231.2003 |
| DirectX | 9.0b |
| OS | Windows XP Professional Build 2600 Service Pack 1 |
Test effettuati
| Benchmark Sintetici | |
| TCP Transfer performance | NetIO Ver. 1.23 from Kai Uwe Rommel |
| TCP Transfer performance | Netperf Ver. 2.1 |
| TCP Transfer performance | NetIQ Chariot 5.0 |
| Benchmark Applicazioni | |
| Real Life Transfer Performance | xxcopy 2.85.3 von Pixelab, Inc. idf2002_master.avi - 1.17 GB |
| Real Life Windows File Copy Performance | Windows Explorer Drag&Drop Test idf2002_master.avi - 1.17 GB |
Tutti i benchmark sono stati effettuati cinque volte.
Per evitare i colli di bottiglia, abbiamo configurato gli hard disk in una configurazione RAID 0. Come risultato, velocità di trasferimento di 110 MB/sec non sono state un problema.