Testing NAS devices for performance regarding

[jbenjamin]

Dear All or the article owner,

My query is regarding the How We Test Networked Storage Devices - Revision 4

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-howto/31249-how-we-test-networked-storage-devices-revision-4

It is mentioned that the testbed is based on the following:
CPU Intel Core i3-540 Clarkdale @ 3.06GHz
Motherboard ASUS P7H57D-V EVO
RAM 2 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws Series DDR3 1600 SDRAM (F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL) [one DIMM of set used]
Ethernet Intel Gigabit CT Desktop adapter (x2)
OS Windows 7 Home Premium

I would like to know whether a 32bit or 64bit Windows 7 Home premium used? Will there be any impact because of this?

Also on the DDR3 the testbed uses a 1600 DDR3, I am not sure why since the Intel core i3-540 supports only 1333 MHz DDR3.

Need inputs on this since I am trying to reproduce this testbed setup for the NAS performance testing.

Thanks & Regards,
Benjamin

 

[thiggins]

The testbed uses 64 bit Win 7 Home Premium, but could have used 32 bit since less
than 4 GB of RAM is used. Shouldn't have any impact on performance.

Maybe 1600 DDR3 isn't supported, but that's what is used and it works fine.