Sun StorageTek 6140 $/Perf leadership
Wednesday Feb 14, 2007
he Sun StorageTek 6140 has demonstrated $/perf industry-leading results on the SPC-2 benchmark. Sun maintains the world record price/performance with new SPC-2 ST6140 results. These results beat the nearest competitor (Fujitsu) by 40% in price/performance and beat IBM by more than 2x in price/performance.
- Sun StorageTek 6140 (mirroring) has World Record $/performance of $70.25/SPC-2 MBPS
- Sun StorageTek 6140 (RAID-5) has World Record $/performance of $67.82/SPC-2 MBPS
- Sun achieved this result using a RAID 5 storage configuration to protect all data against disk failures.
Sun holds 7 out of the top 10 in price/performance.
Another example of Sun using standard components (like controllers) and then innovating to differentiate the products and make Sun's products price/performance leaders!
SPC-2 Performance
- SPC-2 MBPS = Performance Metric
$/SPC-2 MBPS = $/Perf
ASU Capacity = storage capacity
TSC Price = Total Cost of Ownership
Data Protection = Protection (RAID 0, Mirroring, RAID 5, other)
Results Identifier = unique result identification
| Sponsor | System | SPC-2 MBPS | $/SPC-2 MBPS | ASU Cap. (GB) | TSC Price | Data Protection Level | Pub. Date | Results Ident. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | StorageTek | 790.67 | $67.82 | 1,675.037 | $53,622 | RAID 5 | 2/14/07 | B00017 |
| Sun | StorageTek | 763.28 | $70.25 | 1,116.691 | $53,622 | Mirroring | 2/14/07 | B00016 |
| Fujitsu | ETERNUS4000MODEL500 | 1985.63 | $114.72 | 2,284.923 | $227,783 | Mirroring | 11/2/06 | B00013 |
| IBM | DS4700EXPRESSMODEL70 | 804.29 | $169.47 | 3,510.683 | $136,305 | RAID 5 | 10/27/06 | B00012 |
Complete SPC-2 benchmark results at http://www.storageperformance.org/results/benchmark_results_spc2.
http://www.sun.com/storagetek/disk_systems/.
Benchmark Description
The SPC Benchmark-2™ (SPC-2) is a series of related benchmark performance tests that simulate the sequential component of demands placed upon on-line, non-volatile storage in server class computer systems. SPC-2 provides measurements in support of real world environments characterized by:
- Large numbers of concurrent sequential transfers.
- Demanding data rate requirements, including requirements for real time processing.
- Diverse application techniques for sequential processing.
- Substantial storage capacity requirements.
- Data persistence requirements to ensure preservation of data without corruption or loss.
See Also
Sun StorageTek 6140 (mirroring SPC-2 Executive Summary (6 pages) Acrobat PDF
Sun StorageTek 6140 (RAID 5) SPC-2 Executive Summary (6 pages) Acrobat PDF
Complete SPC-2 Full Disclosure Report Acrobat PDF
Disclosure Statement:
Sun StorageTek 6140 763.28 SPC-2 MBPS, $/SPC-2 MBPS $70.25, ASU Capacity 1,116.691GB, Protect Mirroring, Cost $53,622.00, Ident. B00016. Sun StorageTek 6140 790.67 SPC-2 MBPS, $/SPC-2 MBPS $67.82, ASU Capacity 1,675.037GB, Protect RAID5, Cost $53,622.00, Ident. B00017. Fujitsu ETERNUS4000MODEL500 1985.63 SPC-2 MBPS, $114.72/SPC-2 MBPS, ASU Capacity 2,284.923GB, Protect Mirroring, Cost $227,783.00, Ident. B00013. IBM DS4700EXPRESSMODEL70, 804.29SPC-2 MBPS, $169.47/SPC-2 MBPS, ASU Capacity 3,510.683GB, Protect RAID 5, Cost $136,305.00, Ident. B00012. SPC-2, SPC-2 MBPS, $/SPC-2 MBPS are regular trademarks of Storage Performance Council (SPC). More info www.storageperformance.org
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