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Seagate Exos 8TB Review - Performance Tests SanDisk Ultra 3D NVMe & KINGSTON SNV2S2000G - SD Web UI

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Seagate Exos 8TB Review - Performance Tests SanDisk Ultra 3D NVMe & KINGSTON SNV2S2000G - SD Web UI

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00:00:00 Welcome to the comprehensive review of Seagate Exos ST8000NM000A

00:00:25 Fresh installation speed of Automatic1111 Web UI comparison will be made

00:00:40 How to initialize and format newly purchased hard disks

00:01:25 SMART attributes of ST4000NM0024 Seagate Enterprise 4TB

00:01:37 SMART attributes of 1TB SanDisk Ultra M.2 NVMe™ 3D SSD

00:01:42 SMART attributes of 2TB Kingston NV2 2 TB SNV2S/2000G M.2 PCI-Express 4.0 SSD

00:01:45 SMART attributes of newly purchased fresh Seagate Exos ST8000NM000A 8TB

00:01:54 HDD Testing applications list used in this video

00:02:10 AS SSD Benchmark results of all of the disks

00:02:18 Raid 1 results will be added later and the testing procedure

00:02:33 How to build Raid 1 in Windows by Using Intel Raid Storage Manager (IRTS)

00:04:13 Write through cache mode selection in Raid 1 and its importance

00:04:36 How to start using raid disks after they have been initialized

00:05:03 Used PC specs like CPU, RAM, Motherboard

00:05:14 How to copy entire disk to another disk by using RoboCopy command tool

00:06:29 Anvil's Storage Utilities - The comparison of the final test results

00:09:14 AS SSD Benchmark - The comparison of the final test results

00:10:40 ATTO Disk Benchmark - The comparison of the final test results

00:12:04 CrystalDiskMark - The comparison of the final test results

00:13:10 How did I do real life app Automatic1111 Stable Diffusion Web UI installation speed test

00:14:04 Automatic1111 Web UI installation benchmark results of each disks

00:14:55 Stable Diffusion Web UI model loading times comparison

A Comprehensive Review of Seagate Exos ST8000NM000A and Comparison of Storage Drives

Welcome to this comprehensive review of the Seagate Exos ST8000NM000A, an 8TB hard disk designed for enterprise storage. In this article, we will take a deep dive into the drive's features, performance, and comparisons with other storage solutions, including the installation speed of Automatic1111 Web UI, initialization and formatting processes, and SMART attributes. We will also discuss RAID 1 setup, benchmark tests, and real-life application performance.

Fresh Installation Speed of Automatic1111 Web UI Comparison

The Automatic1111 Web UI installation speed is a critical factor for users who need to deploy web applications quickly. We will compare the installation speed on several storage devices, including the Seagate Exos ST8000NM000A, Seagate Enterprise 4TB, 1TB SanDisk Ultra M.2 NVMe™ 3D SSD, and 2TB Kingston NV2 2 TB SNV2S/2000G M.2 PCI-Express 4.0 SSD.

HDD Testing Applications

Various HDD testing applications will be utilized in our comparisons, including AS SSD Benchmark, Anvil's Storage Utilities, ATTO Disk Benchmark, and CrystalDiskMark. We will provide an overview of these applications and discuss their unique features.

Benchmark Test Results

We will present the benchmark test results from AS SSD Benchmark, Anvil's Storage Utilities, ATTO Disk Benchmark, and CrystalDiskMark, comparing the Seagate Exos ST8000NM000A with the other storage devices. This will provide insights into the performance of each drive under different testing scenarios.

RAID 1 Setup and Testing Procedure

We will discuss how to build a RAID 1 array using Intel Raid Storage Manager (IRTS) in Windows, which provides data redundancy by mirroring the contents of one drive onto another. Additionally, we will discuss the importance of selecting write-through cache mode in RAID 1.

Disk Cloning with RoboCopy

We will demonstrate how to use the RoboCopy command tool to copy the entire contents of one disk to another, which is useful for migrating data or creating backups.

Real-Life Application Performance

Finally, we will examine the performance of the storage devices in real-life applications, specifically the Automatic1111 Stable Diffusion Web UI installation speed test and model loading times comparison. This will provide insights into how the drives perform under practical conditions.

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  • 00:00:00 Greetings everyone, I have purchased two  Seagate 8TB Enterprise Exos disks to build a  

  • 00:00:07 new Raid 1 and move my files. As AI progress with  significant speed and programs take more space,  

  • 00:00:13 I needed to upgrade my existing Raid. So today I  am going to do speed review of the following disks  

  • 00:00:20 and compare their performance with most up-to-date  hard drive testing applications. Moreover,  

  • 00:00:26 I will do fresh installation of Automatic1111 Web  UI on each disks and compare their installation  

  • 00:00:33 speed and the model file loading speed as well.  So this is the photo of my newly purchased disks.  

  • 00:00:38 Let's begin with initializing them. To do  that, let's open administrative tools. I  

  • 00:00:43 have just typed ADM and the administrative tools  appeared. Open that. In here you will see computer  

  • 00:00:49 management. Click that. Double click actually.  Then this window will be opened. In here click  

  • 00:00:56 the disk management and when you open the disk  management you will see the new disks that you  

  • 00:01:02 have like this. Unallocated. So let's initialize  them. Right click. New simple volume. Next. Full  

  • 00:01:09 space. Next. Assign a letter. Next. Format as  NTFS. Perform quick format. Next and finish. Okay,  

  • 00:01:16 let's also make the other one as well. Alright,  now let me show you their smart data. Quickly. So  

  • 00:01:23 this is my data storing disk. It has been online  for over 34000 hours. These are the values. It is  

  • 00:01:31 still looking good. Actually, I also had another  one as a Raid 1 and it failed. So this is my 1TB  

  • 00:01:38 SanDisk Ultra 3D NVME disk. This is my main C  drive disk. Kingston 2TB. And these are my newly  

  • 00:01:47 purchased disks. There are no problems with them.  They are looking pretty fresh and correct. Now  

  • 00:01:53 time to start testing. So these are the testing  applications that I am going to test all of the  

  • 00:01:59 disks. I will do test on each one of the hard  disks and then I will show you the results. I  

  • 00:02:05 am using the default settings so these settings  do matter. Let's begin. Okay, all tests have been  

  • 00:02:11 completed for AS SSD Benchmark. However, the Raid  result is not here yet because I didn't build the  

  • 00:02:18 Raid. I will add the result of that to these  results. Then make a comparison of all of them.  

  • 00:02:24 All tests have been completed. Now time to build  Raid 1 and do the final test. Then we will start  

  • 00:02:31 comparison. So for building right one, I will  use Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management.  

  • 00:02:38 So this is the beginning screen. You see Raid  1, Yeni_Raid D. One of the disk is missing.  

  • 00:02:45 It was failed and therefore I have purchased  these two new disks and now I will build new  

  • 00:02:51 Raid on these two new disks. Then I will copy all  of the data from this disk into the new Raid. For  

  • 00:03:00 making a new right click create Raid volume. Let's  name it as 8TBExos like this. So optimized disk  

  • 00:03:09 performance Raid 0 or real-time data protection  Raid 1. I am going to pick data protection which  

  • 00:03:15 is what I need next. In here you need to select  array disks. So I am selecting both of them. So  

  • 00:03:22 you can choose keep data from one of the selected  disks. Currently both of the disks are just empty.  

  • 00:03:28 Let me show you. So these are the status of the  disks. You see both of them are empty. Therefore  

  • 00:03:35 I am not going to keep any data from the disks.  OK then there is also initialize volume. I am  

  • 00:03:40 not going to pick it and array allocation is 100  percent. This will be the new volume size because  

  • 00:03:46 when you do Raid 1 it is going to write data to  both of them. Therefore there won't be any disk  

  • 00:03:53 increase. Next and I will also pick delete  data on create Raid volume. OK the Raid has  

  • 00:04:00 been generated. However we need to initialize it  to be able to use. And there is also cache mode.  

  • 00:04:07 Read only it is. So there are different cache  modes and when you click them you will see what  

  • 00:04:12 differences they have. I am going to pick write  through because this cache mode improves data  

  • 00:04:18 security since the system assumes the data is  available only after it has been safely written  

  • 00:04:23 to the disk. This is really important for me.  So save it and then we are ready to initialize  

  • 00:04:29 it. Let's initialize. The initialization is  completed now. It took over 12 hours. However  

  • 00:04:35 the disk is not visible in the this PC. So I am  entering once again the administrative tools,  

  • 00:04:40 computer management, storage, disk management  and now it will show me initialize disk. I will  

  • 00:04:47 initialize it as you are seeing right now. Right  click simple volume select the letter as you wish  

  • 00:04:53 and that's it. And now 2 EXOS enterprise level 8TB  Raid 1 is initialized. We can do the final test  

  • 00:05:01 and we can start comparison. All of the tests have  been completed and now we are ready to compare  

  • 00:05:07 them. But before comparing them I will show you a  very cool trick that you can use in your windows.  

  • 00:05:14 I am going to copy entire disk D to my new disk  E volume. So which command we are going to use.  

  • 00:05:23 So for copying the entire disk into a new disk we  are going to use RoboCopy. This command is using  

  • 00:05:30 the RoboCopy robust file copy utility to copy  all the files and directories from the source  

  • 00:05:36 directory D to the destination directory E while  preserving all file attributes and timestamps.  

  • 00:05:43 You can see the entire command here and the entire  description here. Please pause the video and read  

  • 00:05:50 it if you wish. I will also put this command  into the description of the video along with  

  • 00:05:55 its description. For executing this command I  will run my command prompt as an administrator.  

  • 00:06:01 You see when I type cmd the run as administrator  appears. After you click it it will start as an  

  • 00:06:08 administrator. You will see administrator here  copy paste the command and then it will start  

  • 00:06:13 copying entire drive. Since we have hidden the  messages of the RoboCopy we need to open the log  

  • 00:06:21 file we defined. So when you open the RoboCopy log  file you will see all of the files that are being  

  • 00:06:27 copied from your source disk to your destination  disk like this. So the first result I am going to  

  • 00:06:33 demonstrate is Anvil's Storage Utilities. The disk  C drive is my main drive which is Kingston NV2 PCI  

  • 00:06:42 express 4.0 NVMe SSD. Its code is SNV2S2000G.  So it's a 2TB SSD and the results are really  

  • 00:06:54 good even though this disk is my C drive and I  have a lot of AI applications and programming  

  • 00:07:01 applications and other things therefore it is not  displaying its best performance but we can see the  

  • 00:07:07 reading writing speeds they are extremely good. So  my second disk is completely free of load which is  

  • 00:07:15 SanDisk SSD 3D NVMe 2M Ultra S 1TB. The results  are a little bit better than my main disk in some  

  • 00:07:25 cases. This is actually not expected however I  believe this is because my main disk is my C drive  

  • 00:07:31 and it is already being used by my applications.  However you can see the results they are really  

  • 00:07:38 really good. So the third disk that I am going  to show you is the Seagate Exos 7E8 Enterprise  

  • 00:07:45 disk ST8000NM000A. The results are really decent  for a mechanical disk we can see the read we can  

  • 00:07:54 see the write results the score it gets is 540 but  you see the score difference is tremendous between  

  • 00:08:03 my SSD and the mechanical disk so the mechanical  disk should be only used for storing data. For  

  • 00:08:10 active use you really need an SSD. For example  the SSD is able to read 10 times more data than  

  • 00:08:18 the mechanical disk. This is a huge difference.  So the fourth disk is my old Seagate Enterprise  

  • 00:08:23 Capacity ST4000NM0024. You see the results are  really really bad unfortunately. It is barely able  

  • 00:08:32 to read 100 megabytes when sequentially reading.  The 4 kilobyte reading is terrible even if you  

  • 00:08:39 use multi-thread. The writings are also very  bad. This disk is pretty old and now the time  

  • 00:08:45 has come for to upgrade it to my newly purchased  disk as Raid 1. So here the Raid 1 result of the  

  • 00:08:52 new Exos disks. Since Raid 1 mirrors the data the  operating system can read half of the data from  

  • 00:08:59 the one disk and the rest of the data from the  other disk. However none of the synthetic tests  

  • 00:09:04 were very good to use this mirroring feature of  Raid 1. So the Raid 1 didn't bring a lot of speed  

  • 00:09:11 improvement for Anvil's Storage Utilities. The  second test we are going to look for is AS SSD  

  • 00:09:18 Benchmark. So when we compare the reading  and writing speed between the Kingston and  

  • 00:09:23 the SanDisk Ultra SSD we can see the AS SSD were  able to utilize the speed of the Kingston better.  

  • 00:09:30 So the reading and writing speeds are looking  better for sequential. For 4k there isn't much  

  • 00:09:37 difference and in the score SanDisk is a little  bit better than the Kingston because as I said  

  • 00:09:44 this is my C drive and SanDisk is just storage  device currently so it doesn't have any load.  

  • 00:09:51 So when we look at the newly purchased 8TB Exos  disk we can see the speeds are decent much better  

  • 00:09:59 than my older drive. Especially for 4k writing  the speed difference is significant. It is six  

  • 00:10:05 times better than my older disk. This is a really  good one. For 4k reading the speeds are almost  

  • 00:10:11 same. However when the thread count increases it  is also almost three times of my previous disk.  

  • 00:10:18 Therefore this upgrade was worth it. Also it is  getting three times of score of the older 4TB  

  • 00:10:27 disk. However the speed difference between SSD and  mechanical disk is just huge once again. And when  

  • 00:10:33 we do Raid 1 we don't get performance improvement  with this synthetic test as well. Okay the fourth  

  • 00:10:40 result we are going to see is the ATTO Disk  Benchmark. In this benchmark I had very rare  

  • 00:10:46 results. I don't know why I did several times. The  writing speeds are extremely low for my Kingston  

  • 00:10:52 SSD. Maybe this is because a bug that the software  has. The reading speeds are looking correct. They  

  • 00:10:58 are better than the SanDisk but at writing speeds  unfortunately they are very bad. I think this is  

  • 00:11:05 because of the software because I don't see such  slowness and I see such speeds in other tests so  

  • 00:11:13 we can ignore that. These are the results for the  SanDisk drive. And now we are seeing the results  

  • 00:11:18 for new Seagate Exos disks. You see the writing  speed and reading speeds are extremely good when  

  • 00:11:24 you get over 4KB. In the 8KB it is almost same  as 64MB. This is very very good. I liked speed  

  • 00:11:33 so this is a huge improvement. When we compare  it with the older 4TB we can see it is performing  

  • 00:11:40 2.5 times better than my older 4TB data storage  disk. However these speeds are still nothing when  

  • 00:11:49 compared to SSDs. And when we do Raid 1 in some  tests we see some improvement but overly it is  

  • 00:11:56 almost same so this synthetic test was also not  able to utilize Raid 1. And the final synthetic  

  • 00:12:03 test we are going to see is CrystalDiskMark. This  is the most up-to-date synthetic disk benchmarking  

  • 00:12:09 software. I see slow writing speeds for Kingston  disk in this benchmark as well. I don't know the  

  • 00:12:15 reason but for sequential reading and writing the  speeds are better than the SanDisk as expected.  

  • 00:12:21 I think this is the only correct result for my  Kingston disk in this experimentation. I should  

  • 00:12:27 search for the cause of this problem. However the  speeds are like this. And for the new Exos you see  

  • 00:12:33 it is reaching 270MB read and 250MB writing for  sequential. For random 4K the speeds are terrible  

  • 00:12:42 as expected from a mechanical disk but still it is  much better than my old disk and we see something  

  • 00:12:50 different in this one. In the Raid 1 mode with  Crystal Disk Mark I think it was able to utilize  

  • 00:12:57 Raid 1 feature. You see the random 4K read and  writing speeds are significantly better than the  

  • 00:13:03 single disk mode. So Raid 1 will be effective  in real life application I believe. So now I  

  • 00:13:10 will do real life test. For this task I will use  Automatic1111 Stable Diffusion Web UI. I will do  

  • 00:13:15 fresh installation. However to prevent caching  effect because it will download a lot of files  

  • 00:13:21 I will do an initial installation. Then I will  repeat the installations and I will calculate the  

  • 00:13:27 time that it takes to install and start the web  UI instance. Okay so the initial installation has  

  • 00:13:34 been completed. It has cached all of the files.  I am also putting the model file so it won't  

  • 00:13:40 download the model file from the internet. Now I  will start another fresh installation. Starting  

  • 00:13:47 the fresh installation and starting the timer to  calculate the time of each installation on each  

  • 00:13:53 of the drive. So currently this installation  is being tested on my main c drive which is  

  • 00:13:59 Kingston 2TB NVMe SSD. The installation is  completed only with 4 minutes and 49 seconds  

  • 00:14:08 on SanDisk Ultra 3D NVMe drive. Actually  this drive is supposed to be slower than my  

  • 00:14:15 Kingston 2TB SSD. However obviously I have some  problems in my computer or my applications are  

  • 00:14:23 causing this slowness of my 2TB Kingston SSD.  Still they are very close and this duration is  

  • 00:14:31 extremely well for SanDisk. SanDisk is working  very well. Interestingly on my slowest D drive  

  • 00:14:37 it took only 6 minutes and 42 seconds. This is  really surprising if you ask me. So this was a  

  • 00:14:45 completely fresh installation and it worked very  fast. It took only 5 minutes and 20 seconds for  

  • 00:14:52 the new Exos Raid drive. And here the final  results of fresh installation times and model  

  • 00:14:59 load times. I also used the model loading times  that is displayed on the CMD window. Therefore  

  • 00:15:06 you are also seeing the model loading times. As  you are seeing using SSD for stable diffusion will  

  • 00:15:13 increase your model loading times significantly.  Therefore if possible host your models on your  

  • 00:15:20 SSD drives and when you are done with them  move them to your storage drives if you don't  

  • 00:15:26 have sufficient space. Thank you very much for  watching. I hope you have enjoyed. Please like,  

  • 00:15:31 subscribe, leave a comment. You will find our  Discord link in the description and also in  

  • 00:15:37 the comment section of the video. The Discord  link here. You can also support us on Patreon.  

  • 00:15:42 I would appreciate that very much. Your Patreon  support is tremendously important for me. You can  

  • 00:15:47 also join our channel and also please don't  forget to subscribe. Leave your comments and  

  • 00:15:52 hopefully I will make even more better awesome  videos. As you have seen Seagate Exos drives  

  • 00:15:58 are tremendously good for storing data and as  the data we use increases we need storage. So  

  • 00:16:05 I suggest you to get such drives for storing  your data. Also using Raid 1 will ensure your  

  • 00:16:11 data safety even if one disk fails as happened in  my case. Raid 1 will save you from data loss. You  

  • 00:16:19 see one of my Raid has been failed. Therefore  now I will transfer all my data from this  

  • 00:16:25 drive to my new Raid drive. I also have awesome  tutorials for Stable Diffusion and new AI stuff  

  • 00:16:31 on my channel. So don't forget to check them out.  Hopefully see you later in another awesome video.

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