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On 10/09/2012 03:12 PM, Craig James wrote:

>    ~3200 TPS max with hyperthreading
>    ~9000 TPS max without hyprethreading

That's really odd. We got almost the opposite effect on our X5645's.

Also, there's no way your RAID is sustaining 9000TPS. Something here 
sounds fishy.

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Shaun Thomas
OptionsHouse | 141 W. Jackson Blvd. | Suite 500 | Chicago IL, 60604
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sthomas@optionshouse.com

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