Hi there,
I have done two tests on a physica server and a vm. Any comments? Is there anything that is very "unexpected"? It seems the Average Response Time is much higher comapred with other results people posted here. I may run other tests if you are interested. Thanks.
One comparison on my DG1 (16x500G, 7200 rpm FATA disks)
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TABLE of RESULTS - Physical Machine
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SERVER TYPE: PHYS.
CPU TYPE / NUMBER: 1 (dual core) Intel Xeon 3.4GHz
HOST TYPE: HP DL360 G4, 4GB RAM
STORAGE TYPE / DISK NUMBER / RAID LEVEL:
HP SAN EVA4000 / 16x500G Disks FATA 7200 rpm / RAID5
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TEST NAME-------------------Av. Resp. Time ms------Av. IOs/sek-------Av. MB/sek------
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Max Throughput-100%Read........___4.86______..........___11678.58_______.........___364.95_______
RealLife-60%Rand-65%Read......___41.24_______..........____499.07______.........___3.89_______
Max Throughput-50%Read..........___17.59_______..........___498.37_______.........__15.57________
Random-8k-70%Read.................___47.65_______..........___500.71_______.........____3.91______
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TABLE of RESULTS -Virtual Machine
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SERVER TYPE: VM on ESX3.5.
CPU TYPE / NUMBER: 1 vCPU
HOST TYPE: HP DL360 G5, 2GB RAM
STORAGE TYPE / DISK NUMBER / RAID LEVEL:
HP SAN EVA4000 / 16x500G Disks FATA 7200 rpm / RAID5
DRIVE CONNECTION: raw mapping device
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TEST NAME-------------------Av. Resp. Time ms------Av. IOs/sek-------Av. MB/sek------
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Max Throughput-100%Read........___11.95______..........___4738.54_______.........___148.07_______
RealLife-60%Rand-65%Read......___58.57_______..........____499.91______.........___3.90_______
Max Throughput-50%Read..........___2.17_______..........___2080.48_______.........__65.01________
Random-8k-70%Read.................___68.63_______..........___463.551_______.........____3.62______
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