NetApp(R) FAS3070 Performance Exceeds EMC CX3-80 in OLTP Workload Test.The New NetApp Mid-Range System Outperforms EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. CLARiiON System in FC SAN Performance SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Today Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NTAP NTAP Network Appliance, Inc. (stock symbol) NTAP Never Take Another Puff NTAP National Track Analysis Program NTAP Notices to Airmen Publication NTAP Windows NT Application Processors NTAP Naval Training Acquisition Process ) announced the results of a study from VeriTest[R], an independent testing service, that compared the usability How easy something is to use. Both software and Web sites can be tested for usability. Considering how difficult applications are to use and Web sites are to navigate, one would wish that more designers took this seriously. See user interface and usability lab. and performance of the newly announced NetApp FAS3070 storage systems to the highest-capacity EMC CLARiiON system, the CX3-80. The VeriTest team analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. how NetApp systems, leveraging RAID-DP[TM] (RAID 6) data protection software, deliver both superior FC SAN performance and superior data protection. The full VeriTest report is available online at www.lionbridge.com/lionbridge/en-US/services/outsourced-testing/compe titive-analysis/Netapp.htm.(Due to its length, this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) The study used configurations that simulate simulate - simulation workloads utilized in typical OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing database environments containing a mixture of small random read and write requests. The VeriTest key findings show that: -- NetApp Delivers Better Performance and Lower Latency In a 200-disk configuration, a NetApp FAS3070 system delivered 10% higher aggregate system performance and 8% lower average latency for an Oracle(R) OLTP FCSAN-based workload compared to an EMC CX3-80. The FAS3070 configuration for this test utilized NetApp RAID 6-based RAID-DP data protection software while the EMC system used single-parity RAID 5 data protection. -- NetApp Is Faster for a Single Application Using a single 400GB LUN and an Oracle OLTP FCSAN -- based workload, the FAS3070 configured with RAID-DP generated 6.8 times the performance and 85% lower average latency compared to the CX3-80 when using RAID 1/0. After provisioning the same 400GB LUN on the CX3-80 using either a striped or concatenated MetaLUN, the FAS3070 configured with RAID-DP generated 1.95 times the performance and 49% lower average latency compared to the CX3-80. -- NetApp Systems Enable Greater Responsiveness Using the Snapshot(TM) capability with the CX3-80 during performance testing resulted in a sustained, 50% drop in overall performance. VeriTest found no sustained degradation in overall performance as a result of using the Snapshot technology available on the FAS3070. Additionally, it took 27 minutes to clone a 400GB LUN on EMC CX3-80 and just 7 seconds on the NetApp FAS3070. -- NetApp Systems Require Less Storage Provisioning an enterprise-class OLTP database on the CX3-80 required 39% more physical disks compared to the FAS3070. Using NetApp FlexVol(TM) technology allowed the provisioning of an enterprise-class OLTP database using a total of 56 physical disks compared to 78 disks to provision the same database on the CX3-80. All tests followed best practices as published by both NetApp and EMC for provisioning and deploying storage for use in production OLTP environments. "Enterprise data centers require proven solutions that can simplify management, increase productivity, and offer the flexibility necessary to adapt to changing business needs without sacrificing performance or data access," said Patrick Rogers, vice president of Products and Partners at Network Appliance. "The VeriTest findings demonstrated that the NetApp FAS3070 storage solutions can provide enterprise customers with higher-performing storage solutions for data center business applications." For more information on the newly announced FAS3070 and other data center software products that were announced today, please visit www.netapp.com/go/datacenterproven/pr/. Technical Details Technical details on NetApp FAS3070 systems are available at www.netapp.com/products. NetApp Tech OnTap More information about this and other NetApp offerings is available through the NetApp Tech OnTap program, which includes a monthly newsletter with real-world best practices, tips and tools, behind the scenes engineering interviews, and more. Sign up now at www.netapp.com/go/techontap. About Network Appliance Network Appliance is a world leader in unified storage The capability of combining different data formats such as files, folders, contacts and e-mail messages into collections that can be viewed and manipulated as one group. See WinFS. solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has delivered technology, product, and partner firsts to simplify data management. Information about Network Appliance[TM] solutions and services is available at www.netapp.com. NetApp and the Network Appliance logo are registered trademarks and Network Appliance, FlexVol, RAID-DP, and Snapshot (1) A saved copy of memory including the contents of all memory bytes, hardware registers and status indicators. It is periodically taken in order to restore the system in the event of failure. (2) A saved copy of a file before it is updated. are trademarks of Network Appliance Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. |
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