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Using the Platinum HDD from DTS, you can improve the performance of any number of server applications:

• Email servers
• Exhange servers
• Oracle, MySQL or other servers
• Samba, NFS and other file servers
• Sharepoint
• many more!

Platinum HDD Brochure (184KB)
Platinum HDD RAID Brochure (332KB)

Case Studies

Ways Platinum HDD can help you:

  1. Shorten Backup Windows for Mission Critical Operations
  2. Save Human Resources
    - Data Mining
    - Disk intensive Computer Aided Engineering Applications

Case Study 1:

An engineer found that the reason for slow application speed of his CATIA V5 CAE was a temporary file the program was making.  By using the Platinum HDD, the engineer was able to reduce application time by 30-40% without changing the application at all. 

Details:

  1. Environment:
    - CPU: Intel Xeon 3.6 GHz Dual Processor
    - Memory: 4GB (CAD/CAE application uses 3GB)
    - OS: Windows XP Pro
    - HDD: Ultra SCSI 320 (10,000 rpm, cost: $900)
  2. Usage:
    - This workstation reads CATIA and Data from a main server via a LAN

Test Results:

Performance chart

Performance chart

 

Case Study 2:

When compiling a program from source for gaming software, one engineer found that he could save time by using the Platinum HDD instead of a normal Serial ATA hard drive.

Details:

  1. Environment:
    - CPU: Intel Pentium 4, 3.0 GHz Processor
    - Memory: 1GB
    - OS: Windows XP Pro
    - HDD: SATA 80GB (7,200 rpm)
  2. Usage
    - Compile gaming software files

Test Results:

 

SATA
(80 GB)

Platinum HDD
(80 GB)

Percentage Time Savings with Platinum HDD

All.bat

21 min.

16 min.

24%

Build

12 min.

10 min.

17%

ROFS

12 min.

7 min.

42%

Total Time

45 min.

33 min.

27%

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