2013 Mac Pro: that 1TB Flash Storage (SSD) ’Rocks’

2014-03-08 • SEND FEEDBACK |
Related: 2013 Mac Pro, data integrity, diglloydTools, IntegrityChecker, Mac Pro, SSD

Tests are one thing, and there the 1TB SSD in the 2013 Mac Pro tests out better than any single (non-RAID) SSD I’ve yet tested.

But real-world results are the only thing that actually matter. Here’s one example.

Data verification

Second, verifying data integrity with IntegrityChecker is incredibly fast*, encouraging doing so as a matter of course (no assumptions about “should be fine”). See also How to Safely Transfer Data or Verify Backups (IntegrityChecker).

diglloyd2:DIGLLOYD lloyd$ ic verify Master
IntegrityChecker(tm) v1.2.1 64-bit, diglloydTools 2.2.2, 2013-10-26 13:20
Copyright 2006-2013 DIGLLOYD INC. All Rights Reserved
...
Using threads = 6, read buffer size = 4096K, num buffers = 36
Looking for files in "/Volumes/Master"..
Selecting files for hashing...
Preparing to hash 601014 files...
Files prepared, hashing 601014 files...
  0%:     48 files @ 1090.9MB/sec, processed 1.07GB
  1%:     70 files @ 1105.1MB/sec, processed 2.17GB
  1%:     89 files @ 1110.0MB/sec, processed 3.27GB
  1%:    110 files @ 1114.4MB/sec, processed 4.42GB
  2%:    128 files @ 1117.9MB/sec, processed 5.54GB
  2%:    148 files @ 1120.5MB/sec, processed 6.68GB
  2%:    168 files @ 1122.2MB/sec, processed 7.81GB
  3%:    189 files @ 1123.5MB/sec, processed 8.97GB
  3%:    210 files @ 1123.6MB/sec, processed 10.09GB
  3%:    231 files @ 1124.0MB/sec, processed 11.2GB
  4%:    250 files @ 1125.5MB/sec, processed 12.3GB
  4%:    269 files @ 1120.0MB/sec, processed 13.4GB
  4%:    288 files @ 1118.3MB/sec, processed 14.5GB
  5%:    308 files @ 1118.8MB/sec, processed 15.6GB
  5%:    328 files @ 1119.4MB/sec, processed 16.7GB
  5%:    349 files @ 1118.8MB/sec, processed 17.8GB
  6%:    370 files @ 1119.2MB/sec, processed 18.9GB
  6%:    389 files @ 1119.6MB/sec, processed 20.0GB
  6%:    410 files @ 1119.5MB/sec, processed 21.2GB
  7%:    431 files @ 1119.9MB/sec, processed 22.3GB
  7%:    452 files @ 1120.3MB/sec, processed 23.5GB
  7%:    472 files @ 1120.4MB/sec, processed 24.6GB
  8%:    493 files @ 1120.0MB/sec, processed 25.7GB
  8%:    513 files @ 1118.4MB/sec, processed 26.8GB
...

* IntegrityChecker is one of the most efficient multi-threaded programs available, using all CPU cores with near perfect scalability.