2.3 Data Transfer Rate Performance Results
The next eight figures are graphs of the data rate measurements. The first four figures (Figures
2.1 - 2.4) are for writes and the next four figures (Figures 2.5 - 2.8) are for reads. Each figure
sets forth data throughput for a different compression ratio. On each figure there are three curves
one for the 160 MB/sec SCSI interface, one for the 1 Gb/sec Fibre interface and one for the 2
Gb/sec Fibre interface. Notice that in each figure the SCSI interface is a little faster at small
block sizes; but for large block sizes the data rate is the same for the 2 Gb/sec Fibre interface.
Figure 2.1: IBM Ultrium 2 Writes, Compression ratio 1:1
Figure 2.2: IBM Ultrium 2 Writes, Compression ratio 2:1
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