Thursday Apr 26, 2007
Here we show the first Mirroring FC/SAS 4Gb result with world
record $/Perf beating HP by 2.5x in performance. The Sun StorageTek
2540 mid-range product coupled with
Sun's 4Gb HBAs has demonstrated industry leading SPC-2 benchmarking.
The Sun StorageTek 2540 has World Record $/performance of $46.26
$/SPC-2 MBPS and best-in-class performance of 730.04 SPC-2 MBPS.
Sun achieved this result using a RAID 5 storage configuration to
protect all data against disk failures. Outside of Sun's prior
submissions all other competitors used the same data protection showing
an apples-to-apples comparison. Sun's StorageTek 2540 submissions can
suffer a disk failure without incurring a lengthy service outage,
during which time a full rollforward recovery from a backup must be
performed.
SPC-2 Performance Data Protection Level: Mirroring
(in increasing $/performance order, only results to date)
| System |
SPC-2 MBPS |
$/SPC-2 MBPS |
ASU Capacity (GB) |
TSC Price |
Date |
Results Identifier |
| Sun ST2540 |
730.04 |
$46.26 |
1282.048 |
$33,772 |
4/10/07 |
B00022 |
| HP SW1000 |
285.39 |
$73.12 |
362.925 |
$20,868 |
3/09/07 |
B00020 |
SPC-2 MBPS = the Performance Metric
$/SPC-2 MBPS = 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
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.
Disclosure Statement:
Sun StorageTek 2540 730.04 SPC-2 MBPS, $/SPC-2 MBPS $46.26, ASU
Capacity 1,282.048GB, Protect Mirroring, Cost $33,772.00, Ident.
B00022. SPC-2, SPC-2 MBPS, $/SPC-2 MBPS are regular trademarks of
Storage Performance Council (SPC). More info http://storageperformance.org.
| Certified Results |
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System: |
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Sun StorageTek 2540
2 Controllers
36 73GB 15K RPM SAS drives
2x4Gb front-end ports
2x4Gb back-end ports
512MB controller cache (per controller)
|
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Performance: |
|
730.04 SPC-2 MBPS |
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Price/Performance: |
|
$46.26 $/SPC-2 MBPS |
|
ASU Capacity: |
|
1,282.048 GB |
|
Data Protection Level: |
|
Mirroring |
|
TSC Price: |
|
$33,772.00 |
|
Results Identifier: |
|
B00022 |
|
Server: |
|
Sun Fire X4600, 8x2.6GHz Opteron 885, 47.5GB
|
|
Operating System: |
|
Solaris 10 11/06 |
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.
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Sun StorageTek
6140 (mirroring) has World Record $/performance of $70.25/SPC-2 MBPS
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Sun StorageTek
6140 (RAID-5) has World Record $/performance of $67.82/SPC-2 MBPS
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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
Tuesday Jan 23, 2007
The power of the Sun StorageTek 6540
mid-range product coupled with Sun's 4Gb HBAs has demonstrated
industry leading SPC-2 benchmarking capabilities.
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Sun StorageTek
6540 has World Record $/performance of $92.41
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Sun StorageTek
6540 has best-in-class performance of 1,360.40 SPC-2 MBPS.
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First product to break the $100
price/performance barrier.
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Sun achieved this result using a RAID 5
storage configuration to protect all data against disk failures. Outside
of Sun's prior submissions all other competitors used the same data
protection showing an apples-to-apples comparison. Sun's
StorageTek 6540 submissions can suffer a disk
failure without incurring a lengthy service outage, during which time a
full rollforward recovery from a backup must
be performed just like the.
SPC-2 Performance Chart (in increasing price-performance order)
SPC-2 MBPS = the Performance Metric
$/SPC-2 MBPS = the Price/Performance Metric
ASU Capacity = the Capacity Metric
TSC Price = Total Cost of Ownership Metric
Data Protection = Data Protection Metric (RAID 0, Mirroring, RAID 5, other)
Results Identifier = A unique identification of the result metric
| Sponsor |
System |
SPC-2 MBPS |
$/SPC-2 MBPS |
ASU Cap. (GB) |
TSC Price |
Data Protection Level |
Pub. Date |
Results Ident. |
| Sun |
StorageTek |
1360.40 |
$92.41 |
3,350.074 |
$125,719.00 |
RAID 5 |
1/18/06 |
B00015 |
| HP |
EVA 8000 |
1137.78 |
$346.43 |
6,571.275 |
$394,152.00 |
RAID 5 |
12/5/06 |
B00004 |
Complete SPC-2 benchmark results may
be found at http://www.storageperformance.org.
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 6540
SPC-2 Executive Summary (6 pages)
Acrob
at PDF
Complete Sun StorageTek
6540 SPC-2 Full Disclosure Report
Acrob
at PDF
Disclosure Statement:
Sun StorageTek 6540 1360.40 SPC-2 MBPS, $/SPC-2 MBPS
$92.41, ASU Capacity 3,350.074GB, Protect RAID 5, Cost $125,719.00,
Ident. B00015. SPC-2, SPC-2 MBPS, $/SPC-2 MBPS are
regular trademarks of Storage Performance Council (SPC). More info
www.storageperformance.org
| Certified Results |
| |
System: |
|
Sun StorageTek 6540, 2 controllers (4GB cache total, 2GB each),
64 72GB 15K RPM FC drives, 8 4Gb front-end ports, 4 4Gb back-end ports |
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Performance: |
|
1360.40 SPC-2 MBPS |
| |
Price/performance: |
|
$92.41 $/SPC-2 MBPS |
| |
ASU Capacity: |
|
3,350.074 GB |
| |
Data Protection Level: |
|
RAID 5 |
| |
TSC Price: |
|
$125,719.00 |
| |
Results Identifier: |
|
B00015 |
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Server: |
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Sun Fire E6900, 24 1.2GHz processors, 48GB memory, 8 4Gb HBAs |
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Operating System: |
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Solaris 10, update 2 |
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