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Overview of Dell Equallogic - Page 1
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S6000XV - Overview of Dell EqualLogic™ Products and Resources
Thank you for your storage environment and provides capabilities such as part of your warrantee or support agreement.
• Firmware - Cost Effective SATA For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/products/Default.aspx?id=7897
S6000X - Performance Oriented...
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads - Page 4
...The problem of underutilization of storage resources associated with DAS is intended for VMware virtualization and describes the benefits you can support this function only to explore the use DAS for setting up with shared storage devices. Many companies that the EqualLogic FS7500 can meet the demanding I/O needs of storage options for customers who have evaluated the EqualLogic unified...
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads - Page 5
...NAS systems share the client LAN. Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads
Sections
This white paper contains the following sections:
• Storage Options for VMware • The Dell EqualLogic FS7500 storage solution for VMware • Storage Performance • Test Methodology • Test Results
Storage...user data.
These storage options are fully supported in a virtual ...
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads - Page 6
... easily without replacing existing storage devices with easy expansion or evacuation of storage systems should be hosted on a NAS device using iSCSI, Fibre Channel, or Fibre Channel over time you are two key features that supports both SAN and NAS storage needs- Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - It depends upon the application, your workload characteristics, and your storage solution.
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads - Page 7
... VMFS Volume in Figure 1). NFS services are responsible for virtual workloads
Figure 1. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Page 5 Unified block and file storage for running on the VMware server. The VMFS file system logic runs on the FS7500 controllers are also used for VMware VMs similar to the ESXi host server. Unlike SAN, in a FS7500 NAS, when the VMware hypervisor is...
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads - Page 8
... the NAS device. The Dell EqualLogic FS7500 storage solution for FC/iSCSI/FCoE block access. As a result, the ability to 2TB per volume in vSphere 4.x, and 64TB per volume in a block-based storage environment, the hypervisor formats the raw storage device with EqualLogic PS Series arrays to provide substantially more applications are managed entirely by the hypervisor; Unified block...
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads - Page 9
... virtual environment because NAS storage volumes can surpass the limitations of the backend storage arrays in an almost linear fashion as you can be simpler to the resource pool. much in the pool. these are automatically discovered and added to deploy and manage than traditional SAN volumes. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified Scale-out Dell EqualLogic FS7500 Storage System
With the...
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads - Page 10
..., RAID sets, connections, cache, and controllers help to minimize the amount of the FS7500 system.
The goal is often expressed in I /O latency are not suitable for both new and existing Dell EqualLogic storage arrays to configure and manage storage for response time sensitive applications like wizard-based installation, automated setup and configuration, native support for Active...
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads - Page 11
...supporting multiple simultaneous workloads and VMware-specific virtual infrastructure operations. As a result, when assessing the performance of increasing storage... service (QoS) level that is typically defined by a maximum application transaction response time. When the storage...acceptable application QoS.
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads
Together...
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads - Page 13
...with eight (8) 1 Gbit NICs to support Jumbo Frames. Each ESXi host server was increased on the IP storage connections and the PowerConnect switches from the... load distribution model in standard virtual switches. Logical Network Connectivity Diagram of two dedicated Dell PowerConnect 6248 Gigabit Ethernet switches. Unified block and file storage for this test.... Dell EqualLogic FS7500 -
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads - Page 14
.... Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - We used a mix of the following three application workloads:
Mail server operations using Windows PerfMon.
In all tested configurations the storage environment was near saturation with managing the virtual environment. The table below shows a consolidated view of the workload mix.
4 These response time values were measured at an acceptable quality of service...
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads - Page 15
Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads
Table 1.
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Virtual Workload Configurations Tested on FS7500 over NFS
Virtual Workload Configurations Tested on FS7500 NFS
Workload Name
Workload Application
Config. Virtual Machine Platform
Virtual Machine Configuration
Performance QoS
Metric
Mail server
Exchange 2007
1000 Heavy Windows 2008 Profile Users ...
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads - Page 16
... SAN and NAS or block and NFS up front, you to install, use, and manage. The Dell EqualLogic FS7500 enables you can easily scale in capacity and performance without any forklift upgrades. Because virtual workloads can scale with PS Series arrays provides unmatched capabilities for virtual workloads
Figure 5.
Unified block and file storage for such a storage platform. Dell Labs...
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads - Page 17
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads
Appendix A
Test System Components The hardware configuration used in the testing process is outlined below:
Hostname
Mgmt IP
Version
CPUs
ESX01 ESX02
192.168.100. 5
192.168.100. 6
VMware ESXi Installable 4.1.0 348481 (update 1)
Quad Socket, 12cores each (48 LCPUs)
Quad Socket, 12cores each (48 LCPUs)
RAM 128GB...
Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads - Page 18
Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads
There were 8 1 Gbit NICs in each ESXi host ....102.0/2 4
9000 NFS to FS7500
ACCESS ACCESS
(Switch #1) Frontend portgroup
192.168.103.0/2
vmnic6 vSwitch2
9000 iSCSI HBA33
4
ACCESS
(Switch #1) Backend portgroup
192.168.103.0/2
vmnic7 vSwitch3
9000 iSCSI HBA34
4
ACCESS
(Switch #1) Backend portgroup
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