ATTO – “The industry’s leading provider of high-performance storage connectivity products” has great products and an excellent benchmarking utility that measures your hard drive’s I/O read/write ability.
Here’s a quick look at a laptop with Windows 7 vs. Server 2008 R2
Dell’s latest 5520 inspiron laptop
6 Gb Memory
500 Gb (Seagate)
Results
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Server 2008 R2 Custom
8 Gb RAM
2 TB Seagate Hard drive
Results
Also see our #1 post on Hard Drive Benchmarking (other utilites)
TCAT Shelbyville - ITIM 