Server HD Performance 3

[SeadnaS]

Hi folks,

I have been looking at some SSD Cache drives recently and I'm also trying to improve hard disk performance on our server. The server is a Dell PowerEdge T310 with 3x500gig SATA2 7200rpm drives in RAID 5, the Raid controller is a Dell PERC S300 which i'm told is software based.

Would i see much of a performance increase by using a hardware based RAID controller card? And how would I implement an SSD Cache drive (like an OCZ Synapse drive) in this raid 5 system?

Its got Windows Server 2003 Standard with 4gigs ram and an Intel Xeon X3430 (Quad Core)

Thanks in advance,

Seadna.

 

[goombawaho]

The OP should switch over to SQL first and see what happens. That should be the cheapest/easiest step to take. Then evaluate where the performance is.

Then talk of server upgrade/replacement could begin.

 

[SeadnaS]

We will be trying out SQL server very soon and then we will make a decision on our server hardware.

Thanks guys.