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January 31st, 2013 00:00
Performance Benchmarks for Equallogic PS6510ES Hybrids
We are leaning towards making a purchase of several Equallogic PS6510ES Hybrid SANs but we are having some difficulty getting our hands on any benchmarking information.
Does anyone have any result for iometer tests (and the params that they ran with)? or some other benchmark tool?
Even anecdotal experience with them to give us an idea of how well they are expected to perform?
I understand that being SSD Hybrids that the type of test (rand/seq , read/write etc etc) will drastically influence the results but I'm looking for anything I can get my hands on at this stage
Thanks
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DELL-Kenny K
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January 31st, 2013 09:00
Paul_Dwyer,
There are a lot of factors that go into a performance benchmark. It would depend on the configuration of the switches, the NICs of the server, as well as the config of the EQL array. Once you purchase the array you will be able to get an account for the EQL support site. From there you can get all of the documentation for the installation & Setup as well as the hardware maintenance guide for this array. It also explains the process of installing the management software and cabling the array to be in best practice. Please feel free to let me know if there is anything I can assist you with.
DELL-Darren M1
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January 31st, 2013 12:00
The PS6510ES is a new product and we don't actually have any published benchmarking data out yet.
The hybrid arrays are designed with an enhanced internal load balancer so they can manage IO and the workload very efficiently between the spinning disks and SSD's inside the array. The one thing you'll want to make sure is your workload fits the system for example if your heavy or hot data exceeds the size of the SSD pool then any excess will be placed onto spinning disks so if your goal is to host the very active data in SSD then you'll have best results if you size it as such.
My suggestion would be to work with your sales/account team on the sizing and you may already have done this. The account team can run tools such as Dell DPACK to analyze your current environment and determine your needs. They also have access to tools used for sizing Dell EqualLogic arrays to determine what arrays best suite your needs and workload requirements.
Paul_Dwyer
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January 31st, 2013 15:00
Well, sounds like I'll be first then!