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Hard Driver Read Performance

Item	2xWD1600YS RAID 1	2xWD3200YS RAID 1	2xST3146707LC RAID 1	2xST3146854LC RAID 1
Description:	Western Digital 160GB SATA II, 16MB Cache, 7.2KRPM	Western Digital 320GB SATA II, 16MB Cache, 7.2KRPM	Seagate 146GB SCSI, 8MB Cache, 10KRPM	Seagate 146GB SCSI, 8MB Cache, 15KRPM
Transfer Rate Average	53.2 MB/sec	53.7 MB/s	62.0 MB/s	72.6 MB/s
Access Time	11.3 ms	10.9 ms	7.9	5.6
CPU Usage	2.6%	3.8%	1.8%	3.7%
Server Configuration	CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Conroe E6320 CPU Speed: 1.86GHz Cache: 4MB RAM: 2GB DDR2 667 Disk: 2x160GB SATA RAID: RAID 1	CPU: Quad-Core Xeon Clovertown E5310 CPU Speed: 1.6GHz Cache: 8MB RAM: 2GB DDR2 667 Disk: 2x320GB SATA RAID: RAID 1	CPU: Quad-Core Xeon Clovertown E5310 CPU Speed: 1.6GHz Cache: 8MB RAM: 2GB DDR2 667 Disk: 2x146GB 10KRPM SCSI RAID: RAID 1	CPU: Quad-Core Xeon Clovertown E5310 CPU Speed: 1.6GHz Cache: 8MB RAM: 2GB DDR2 667 Disk: 2x146GB 15KRPM SCSI RAID: RAID 1

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2xWD1600YS RAID 1

2xWD3200YS RAID 1

2xST3146707LC RAID 1

2xST3146854LC RAID 1

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# of Domains: 2
# of SQL Server Databases: 2
Disk Space: Unlimited
Bandwidth: Unlimited
Email: Unlimited
SQL Server 2008 R2
Monthly: $4.⁹⁹

Windows Hyper-V Server

Dedicated Memory:2GB
Disk Space: 200GB
Bandwidth: Unlimited
Windows 2008/2003: Free
Monthly: $49.⁹⁹

Dedicated SQL Server

CPU: Intel Dual-Core Sandy Bridge I3-2100
RAM: 8GB RAM
Disk: 2x320GB SATA
RAID: Host RAID 1
Bandwidth: Unlimited
Windows 2008/2003: Free
Monthly: $99.⁰⁰