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This information was produced by FirmTek, LLC for Macintosh users desiring an in-depth analysis of the performance options available
with the FirmTek miniSwap/ES. We hope you find
this data helpful. Results will vary with different third party controllers and/or different drive models.
The FirmTek miniSwap/ES provides outstanding
RAID and JBOD performance with 2.5" SATA hard disks
or 6G SSD. RAID 0 average write performance of
706MB/sec. and average read performance of 716MB/sec. can be achieved when the
SeriTek/Q6G controller is installed. The eSATA 6G hardware-based miniSwap/ES
provides an ultra high performance solution for mounting 2.5" solid state drives (SSD) or traditional hard disks externally.
Performance Chart
Configuration
Performance
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Single 6G SSD
505MB/s Read
428MB/s WriteminiSwap/ES
Two 6G SSDs
Stripped RAID716MB/s Read
706MB/s Write
Single Hitachi 2.5-inch 500GB
105MB/s Read
105MB/s Write
Two Hitachi 2.5-inch 500GB
Stripped RAID210MB/s Read
210MB/s Write