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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SSD performance tweaking
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Paul Hartman
> <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:
> <SNIP>
>>
>> I think the only way we'lll see 500MB/sec on that SSD is to buy a
>> motherboard which has a SATA3 controller as its primary on-board drive
>> controller and plug it in to that.
>>
>> Look on the bright side, someday when we upgrade our motherboards,
>> it'll be like we got a free SSD upgrade for our troubles. :)
>>
>
> Support for your POV Paul:
>
> http://techgage.com/article/battle_of_the_sata_30_controllers/
>
> My controller is also a Marvell and the machine is X58-based so
> results are likely to be similar.
>
> I'm likely fighting a losing battle here, but I'll keep fighting for
> awhile longer...
>
> Cheers,
> Mark

One additional thought:

This limitation is likely just a byproduct of using a 1 lane
controller. If one was willing to spend a (fairly large) bit more one
could get a 16 lane SATA3 controller and would likely do much better
in terms of throughput...