Optimizing Storage with SAS: Beyond the 10K Compromise (72K, PDF)
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..., More Capacity Storage Configuration: 2U w/12 3.5-Inch Disc Drives Online (SAS) Online (SAS) IOPS per Drive IOPS,Total Nearline (SATA) Capacity, Total Nearline (SATA) Cost/GB (est.*) 15K SAS Advantage 5 - 15K SAS Drives (146GB) 7 - 7200 SATA Drives (400GB) 15K SAS/Nearline SATA vs. 10K SAS/Nearline...application-from IBM xSeries 336 with EXP 400, general transactional workload, RAID 5. *Source CDW, August 2005. Delivering greater performance with the optimal blend of six 15K SAS/6 SATA drives results in 33 percent higher IOPS (330.6) than an all disc-based enterprise storage...
..., More Capacity Storage Configuration: 2U w/12 3.5-Inch Disc Drives Online (SAS) Online (SAS) IOPS per Drive IOPS,Total Nearline (SATA) Capacity, Total Nearline (SATA) Cost/GB (est.*) 15K SAS Advantage 5 - 15K SAS Drives (146GB) 7 - 7200 SATA Drives (400GB) 15K SAS/Nearline SATA vs. 10K SAS/Nearline...application-from IBM xSeries 336 with EXP 400, general transactional workload, RAID 5. *Source CDW, August 2005. Delivering greater performance with the optimal blend of six 15K SAS/6 SATA drives results in 33 percent higher IOPS (330.6) than an all disc-based enterprise storage...