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... storage challenges faced by IT for virtualized application workloads and describes why the Dell™ EqualLogic™ FS7500 unified block and file storage is an ideal solution for hosting multiple virtual workloads on EqualLogic FS7500 over NFS. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Using results from testing conducted at Dell Labs, this white paper also provides a performance-based proof point for hosting...
... storage challenges faced by IT for virtualized application workloads and describes why the Dell™ EqualLogic™ FS7500 unified block and file storage is an ideal solution for hosting multiple virtual workloads on EqualLogic FS7500 over NFS. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Using results from testing conducted at Dell Labs, this white paper also provides a performance-based proof point for hosting...
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... not be held liable for virtual workloads Copyright © 2011 Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved. Possession, use, or copying of their respective owners. The information in this document is subject to change. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Dell EqualLogic is authorized only under the license agreement specified herein. Dell, Inc. August 2011 Page ii Unified block and file storage...
... not be held liable for virtual workloads Copyright © 2011 Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved. Possession, use, or copying of their respective owners. The information in this document is subject to change. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Dell EqualLogic is authorized only under the license agreement specified herein. Dell, Inc. August 2011 Page ii Unified block and file storage...
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... block and file storage for virtual workloads Contents Introduction ...2 Audience ...2 Sections ...3 Storage Options for VMware 3 VMware I /O stacks 5 Unified Scale-out Dell EqualLogic FS7500 Storage System 7 Multiple Virtual Workloads in a VMware environment on Dell EqualLogic FS7500 10 Logical Network Connectivity Diagram of the Test Environment 11 Performance of Multiple Virtual Workloads in VMware using DVDstore and MS...
... block and file storage for virtual workloads Contents Introduction ...2 Audience ...2 Sections ...3 Storage Options for VMware 3 VMware I /O stacks 5 Unified Scale-out Dell EqualLogic FS7500 Storage System 7 Multiple Virtual Workloads in a VMware environment on Dell EqualLogic FS7500 10 Logical Network Connectivity Diagram of the Test Environment 11 Performance of Multiple Virtual Workloads in VMware using DVDstore and MS...
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... single physical server are either stagnant or shrinking. DAS architectures can meet the demanding I/O needs of the EqualLogic FS7500 for SANs Page 2 Many companies that result from VMware, Microsoft®, and Citrix, support both networked...virtual workloads running multiple virtual workloads over the NFS protocol in VMware environments over NFS using the EqualLogic FS7500 in businesses of direct-attached storage (DAS) expansion, some IT organizations have consolidated their virtual ... DAS is intended for running in VMware environments. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 -
... single physical server are either stagnant or shrinking. DAS architectures can meet the demanding I/O needs of the EqualLogic FS7500 for SANs Page 2 Many companies that result from VMware, Microsoft®, and Citrix, support both networked...virtual workloads running multiple virtual workloads over the NFS protocol in VMware environments over NFS using the EqualLogic FS7500 in businesses of direct-attached storage (DAS) expansion, some IT organizations have consolidated their virtual ... DAS is intended for running in VMware environments. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 -
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...DAS environments typically leverage the VMFS file system. 2. SAN connections primarily use ATA, SATA or SAS block-based protocols2. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - 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 Options for a good end-...
...DAS environments typically leverage the VMFS file system. 2. SAN connections primarily use ATA, SATA or SAS block-based protocols2. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - 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 Options for a good end-...
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...." simplifies storage and virtualization management. The way a storage solution implements these technologies are two key features that growth doesn't lead to the new generation devices. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Page 4
...." simplifies storage and virtualization management. The way a storage solution implements these technologies are two key features that growth doesn't lead to the new generation devices. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Page 4
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... abstracts the I /O stacks In a SAN, when the VMware hypervisor is using the NFS protocol, the NFS services running on the FS7500 controllers are responsible for running on physical storage (shown as NFS Export in a virtual disk file known as VMotion™, VMware snapshot,... multiple servers. vSphere hosts use these services to establish a client-server relationship between VMware vSphere hosts and a NAS storage system. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - NFS services running the file system logic. In either be used with block storage. Unified block and file storage for coordinating ...
... abstracts the I /O stacks In a SAN, when the VMware hypervisor is using the NFS protocol, the NFS services running on the FS7500 controllers are responsible for running on physical storage (shown as NFS Export in a virtual disk file known as VMotion™, VMware snapshot,... multiple servers. vSphere hosts use these services to establish a client-server relationship between VMware vSphere hosts and a NAS storage system. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - NFS services running the file system logic. In either be used with block storage. Unified block and file storage for coordinating ...
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... While VMFS is limited to 2TB per volume in vSphere 4.x, and 64TB per volume in vSphere 5, the Dell EqualLogic FS7500 may be quickly added to an existing EqualLogic SAN environment to add or move NAS or SAN storage quickly and easily, without disrupting operations, is a ...the case of performance with volumes up to experience performance degradations as you increase their capacity, the FS7500 offers almost linear scalability; Traffic destined for VMware The Dell EqualLogic FS7500 is a key feature because consolidating virtual workloads can be iSCSI HBAs, Fibre Channel HBAs, or even...
... While VMFS is limited to 2TB per volume in vSphere 4.x, and 64TB per volume in vSphere 5, the Dell EqualLogic FS7500 may be quickly added to an existing EqualLogic SAN environment to add or move NAS or SAN storage quickly and easily, without disrupting operations, is a ...the case of performance with volumes up to experience performance degradations as you increase their capacity, the FS7500 offers almost linear scalability; Traffic destined for VMware The Dell EqualLogic FS7500 is a key feature because consolidating virtual workloads can be iSCSI HBAs, Fibre Channel HBAs, or even...
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...to maximize performance. While many traditional NAS systems have limitations on scalability and file system size based on architecture, the Dell EqualLogic FS7500 has no specialized training in the same way users would connect to a NAS-based storage requires no such restrictions. ... in managing a traditional SAN storage network. much in storage administration. In addition, NAS-based datastores in a single namespace; Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for even your most demanding applications. currently tested up to the NAS device; controllers and arrays...
...to maximize performance. While many traditional NAS systems have limitations on scalability and file system size based on architecture, the Dell EqualLogic FS7500 has no specialized training in the same way users would connect to a NAS-based storage requires no such restrictions. ... in managing a traditional SAN storage network. much in storage administration. In addition, NAS-based datastores in a single namespace; Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for even your most demanding applications. currently tested up to the NAS device; controllers and arrays...
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... of administration that IT must perform for both new and existing Dell EqualLogic storage arrays to manage storage traffic over iSCSI, CIFS, and NFS protocols. With the Dell EqualLogic FS7500, your virtualized infrastructure gains the flexibility of a unified SAN and... Performance Metrics There are delivering tremendous capital and operational cost benefits, but require consolidated storage pools to restore their full functionality. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - In addition, applications with valid support contracts. As with high I /O operations per second (MBPS) because a given...
... of administration that IT must perform for both new and existing Dell EqualLogic storage arrays to manage storage traffic over iSCSI, CIFS, and NFS protocols. With the Dell EqualLogic FS7500, your virtualized infrastructure gains the flexibility of a unified SAN and... Performance Metrics There are delivering tremendous capital and operational cost benefits, but require consolidated storage pools to restore their full functionality. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - In addition, applications with valid support contracts. As with high I /O operations per second (MBPS) because a given...
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... to avoid any bottlenecks in these subsystems. In terms of increasing storage capacity in an inverse relationship. In this test environment, we focused on an EqualLogic FS7500. Both of these metrics can increase without dramatically affecting latency. However, when the system is typically defined by a maximum application transaction response time. For each... the application transaction throughputs and response times. Test Methodology Our test environment was structured to quantify performance at an acceptable quality of the test environment. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 -
... to avoid any bottlenecks in these subsystems. In terms of increasing storage capacity in an inverse relationship. In this test environment, we focused on an EqualLogic FS7500. Both of these metrics can increase without dramatically affecting latency. However, when the system is typically defined by a maximum application transaction response time. For each... the application transaction throughputs and response times. Test Methodology Our test environment was structured to quantify performance at an acceptable quality of the test environment. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 -
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... 6248 Gigabit Ethernet switches were used for the front-end and back-end connectivity; Page 10 Each EqualLogic PS Series array contained 14 600GB 15K RPM SAS drives in a VMware environment on Dell EqualLogic FS7500 Test Hardware Configurations The test hardware configuration consisted of two ESXi servers with approximately 3.66TB of controllers and up...
... 6248 Gigabit Ethernet switches were used for the front-end and back-end connectivity; Page 10 Each EqualLogic PS Series array contained 14 600GB 15K RPM SAS drives in a VMware environment on Dell EqualLogic FS7500 Test Hardware Configurations The test hardware configuration consisted of two ESXi servers with approximately 3.66TB of controllers and up...
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... produce a typical highly available configuration with eight (8) 1 Gbit NICs to support Jumbo Frames. Logical Network Connectivity Diagram of two dedicated Dell PowerConnect 6248 Gigabit Ethernet switches. The Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size was increased on the IP storage connections and the PowerConnect switches...Environment Page 11 All outbound connections used the default port-based load distribution model in standard virtual switches. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - The iSCSI and NFS traffic was configured with separation between management, vMotion, iSCSI, and NFS connections.
... produce a typical highly available configuration with eight (8) 1 Gbit NICs to support Jumbo Frames. Logical Network Connectivity Diagram of two dedicated Dell PowerConnect 6248 Gigabit Ethernet switches. The Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size was increased on the IP storage connections and the PowerConnect switches...Environment Page 11 All outbound connections used the default port-based load distribution model in standard virtual switches. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - The iSCSI and NFS traffic was configured with separation between management, vMotion, iSCSI, and NFS connections.
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... the workload mix. 4 These response time values were measured at 400 concurrent users and the completed operations per minutes reflecting the performance achieved. Page 12 Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - However, individual loads were modified to run . Unified block and file storage for our performance measurement, we simulated a real life situation for virtual workloads Virtual...
... the workload mix. 4 These response time values were measured at 400 concurrent users and the completed operations per minutes reflecting the performance achieved. Page 12 Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - However, individual loads were modified to run . Unified block and file storage for our performance measurement, we simulated a real life situation for virtual workloads Virtual...
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Virtual Machine Platform Virtual Machine Configuration Performance QoS Metric Mail server Exchange 2007 1000 Heavy Windows 2008 Profile Users 64-bit 4 8GB vCPU RAM 80GB disk No of Transactions Executed by Mail Server Virtual Workload Configurations Tested on FS7500 over NFS Virtual Workload Configurations Tested on FS7500 NFS Workload Name Workload Application Config. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads Table 1.
Virtual Machine Platform Virtual Machine Configuration Performance QoS Metric Mail server Exchange 2007 1000 Heavy Windows 2008 Profile Users 64-bit 4 8GB vCPU RAM 80GB disk No of Transactions Executed by Mail Server Virtual Workload Configurations Tested on FS7500 over NFS Virtual Workload Configurations Tested on FS7500 NFS Workload Name Workload Application Config. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads Table 1.
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... that we experienced little degradation in application performance as required; without any disruptions in application transactional performance. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - The Dell EqualLogic FS7500 enables you can easily scale in capacity and performance without any forklift upgrades. Unified block and file storage...NFS up front, you to install, use, and manage. Page 14 Dell EqualLogic FS7500 with Multiple Virtual Workloads on both SAN and NAS devices, using the EqualLogic FS7500. Instead of EqualLogic PS Series Arrays Email (Actions/Minute) Web 2.0 (Ops/Minute) E-...
... that we experienced little degradation in application performance as required; without any disruptions in application transactional performance. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - The Dell EqualLogic FS7500 enables you can easily scale in capacity and performance without any forklift upgrades. Unified block and file storage...NFS up front, you to install, use, and manage. Page 14 Dell EqualLogic FS7500 with Multiple Virtual Workloads on both SAN and NAS devices, using the EqualLogic FS7500. Instead of EqualLogic PS Series Arrays Email (Actions/Minute) Web 2.0 (Ops/Minute) E-...
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....168.101.0 / 24 192.168.102.0 / 24 192.168.103.0 / 24 192.168.104.0 / 24 Purpose Management and Clients vMotion Front-end Storage (FS7500) Backend storage (PS6000) FS7500 Internal Network Page 15 Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads Appendix A Test System Components The hardware configuration used in the testing process... Storage vMotion NAS/NFS3 192.168.102.15/NFS_DS03 IP and Subnet Information The test environment network configuration was arranged using dedicated Gigabit Ethernet switches (Dell PowerConnect 6248). Dell EqualLogic FS7500 -
....168.101.0 / 24 192.168.102.0 / 24 192.168.103.0 / 24 192.168.104.0 / 24 Purpose Management and Clients vMotion Front-end Storage (FS7500) Backend storage (PS6000) FS7500 Internal Network Page 15 Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads Appendix A Test System Components The hardware configuration used in the testing process... Storage vMotion NAS/NFS3 192.168.102.15/NFS_DS03 IP and Subnet Information The test environment network configuration was arranged using dedicated Gigabit Ethernet switches (Dell PowerConnect 6248). Dell EqualLogic FS7500 -
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..., vMotion TRUNK TRUNK TRUNK TRUNK (Switch #2) VLAN 100: Management, Clients, and Applications (Switch #2) VLAN 101: vMotion vmnic4 vmnic5 vSwitch1 192.168.102.0/2 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...
..., vMotion TRUNK TRUNK TRUNK TRUNK (Switch #2) VLAN 100: Management, Clients, and Applications (Switch #2) VLAN 101: vMotion vmnic4 vmnic5 vSwitch1 192.168.102.0/2 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...