SPC-1 Sun Storage 6180 Array Over 70% Better Price Performance than IBM
Significance of Results
Results on the Sun Storage 6180 Array with 8Gb connectivity are presented for the SPC-1 benchmark.-
The Sun Storage 6180 Array outperforms the IBM DS5020 by 72% in price performance on the SPC-1 benchmark.
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The Sun Storage 6180 Array is 50% faster than the previous generation, Sun Storage 6140 Array and IBM DS4700 on the SPC-1 benchmark.
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The Sun Storage 6180 Array betters the HDS 2100 by 27% in price performance on the SPC-1 benchmark.
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The Sun Storage 6180 Array has 16% better IOPS/Drive performance than the HDS 2100 on the SPC-1 benchmark.
Performance Landscape
SPC-1 Performance Chart (in increasing price-performance order)
| Sponsor | System | SPC-1 IOPS | $/SPC-1 IOPS | ASU Capacity (GB) |
TSC Price | Data Protection Level |
Date | Results Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDS | AMD 2300 | 42,502.61 | $6.96 | 7,955.000 | $295,740 | Mirroring | 3/24/09 | A00077 |
| HDS | AMD 2100 | 31,498.58 | $5.85 | 3,967.500 | $187,321 | Mirroring | 3/24/09 | A00076 |
| Sun | SS6180 (8Gb) | 26,090.03 | $4.70 | 5,145.060 | $122,623 | Mirroring | 10/09/09 | A00084 |
| IBM | DS5020 (8Gb) | 26,090.03 | $8.08 | 5,145.060 | $210,782 | Mirroring | 8/25/09 | A00081 |
| Fujitsu | DX80 | 19,492.86 | $3.45 | 5,355.400 | $67,296 | Mirroring | 9/14/09 | A00082 |
| Sun | STK6140 (4Gb) | 17,395.53 | $4.93 | 1,963.269 | $85,823 | Mirroring | 10/16/06 | A00048 |
| IBM | DS4700 (4Gb) | 17,195.84 | $11.67 | 1,963.270 | $200,666 | Mirroring | 8/21/06 | A00046 |
SPC-1 IOPS = the Performance Metric
$/SPC-1 IOPS = the Price/Performance Metric
ASU Capacity = the Capacity Metric
Data Protection = Data Protection Metric
TSC Price = Total Cost of Ownership Metric
Results Identifier = A unique identification of the result Metric
Complete SPC-1 benchmark results may be found at http://www.storageperformance.org.
Results and Configuration Summary
Storage Configuration:
- 80 x 146.8GB 15K RPM drives
8 Qlogic HBA
Server Configuration:
- IBM system x3850 M2
Software Configuration:
- MS Windows 2003 Server SP2
SPC-1 benchmark kit
Benchmark Description
SPC Benchmark-1 (SPC-1): is the first industry standard storage benchmark and is the most comprehensive performance analysis environment ever constructed for storage subsystems. The I/O workload in SPC-1 is characterized by predominately random I/O operations as typified by multi-user OLTP, database, and email servers environments. SPC-1 uses a highly efficient multi-threaded workload generator to thoroughly analyze direct attach or network storage subsystems. The SPC-1 benchmark enables companies to rapidly produce valid performance and price/performance results using a variety of host platforms and storage network topologies.SPC1 is built to:
- Provide a level playing field for test sponsors.
- Produce results that are powerful and yet simple to use.
- Provide value for engineers as well as IT consumers and solution integrators.
- Is easy to run, easy to audit/verify, and easy to use to report official results.
Key Points and Best Practices
See Also
- Sun Storage 6180 Array SPC-1 Executive Summary (6 pages, acrobat pdf)
- Complete Sun Storage 6180 Array SPC-1 Full Disclosure Report (acrobat pdf)
- Storage Performance Council (SPC) Home Page
- Ideas International Benchmark Page
Disclosure Statement
SPC-1, SPC-1 IOPS, $/SPC-1 IOPS reg tm of Storage Performance Council (SPC). More info www.storageperformance.org. Sun Storage 6180 Array 26,090.03 SPC-1 IOPS, ASU Capacity 5,145.060GB, $/SPC-1 IOPS $4.70, Data Protection Mirroring, Cost $122,623, Ident. A00084.