performance numbers have been documented in both Benchmark and End-to-End Performance tables.
Configuration details are provided for both test scenarios. These numbers are preliminary and subject to
change without notice.
Benchmark Performance Results
:
MSA 2040 Array Performance
HP MSA 2040
Converged SAN Controller
with HDD
HP MSA 2040
Converged SAN Controller
with SSD
Protocol (host connect)
16 Gb
Fibre Channel
16 Gb
Fibre Channel
MSA 2040 RAID 10 Performance Results
1
Random Reads
IOPS
52,000
Random Writes
IOPS
25,500
MSA 2040 RAID 1 SSD Performance Results
2
Random Reads
IOPS
85,000
Random Writes
IOPS
32,000
MSA 2040 RAID 5 Performance Results
3
IOMeter Sequential Reads
MB/s
4
6,310
IOMeter Sequential Writes
MB/s
4
4,800
Benchmark Setup Configurations
1). Dual Controller configuration, RAID: 10, block size: 8k, queue depth: 128 per LUN, (192) HDDs, 96 15k
HDD + 96 10k HDD, 12 HDDs per vdisk, Win 2008 host: DL380pG8, (4) 16Gb FC direct connect to array
2). Dual Controller configuration, RAID: 1, block size: 8k, queue depth: 64 per LUN, (4) Enterprise Mainstream
SSDs, 2 SSDs per vdisk, Win 2008 host: DL380pG8, (2) 16Gb FC direct connect to array
3). Dual Controller configuration, RAID: 5, block size: 256k, queue depth: 16 per LUN, (72) 10k 300GB HDD,
12 HDDs per vdisk, Win 2008 host: DL380pG8, (4) 16Gb FC direct connect to array
4). Sequential numbers are obtained using a single volume per vdisk and single sequential workload
generated through the IOMeter performance software
End-to-End Performance Figures
:
Guarantee Performance numbers are a guideline as established by tests using RAW I/O in an Operating
System Agnostic test lab environment.
MSA 2040
HP MSA
2040
Converged
SAN
HP MSA
2040
Converged
SAN
HP MSA
2040
Converged
SAN
HP MSA
2040
Converged
SAN
HP MSA
2040
Converged
SAN
HP MSA
2040
Converged
SAN
HP MSA
2040
Converged
SAS
HP MSA
2040
Converged
SAS
QuickSpecs
HP MSA 2040 Storage
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