I invite you to test drive boxes for 28 million rubles - EMC XtremIO DSS
The other day, we were the first in Russia to receive a new flash storage system from EMC. And according to the already established tradition, as part of a test drive on March 4, I will put 6 units on the table in front of you.
The declared system performance is 250.000 IOPS for random reading in 4k blocks. With this load, the average response time of the array should not exceed 1ms. So let's check and at the same time pick up some spare parts “live” right during high loads.
EMC XtremIO storage came to us in such a modest box
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Open the box. All system components are rigidly fixed in the transport frame. Such packaging can survive delivery even Russian Post. There were no specific roll sensors on it that are usually present on equipment of this class. All the components of the storage system are screwed to the transport frame with screws; all that remains is to transfer the glands to our rack.
Everything, we are bringing units to our EMC Solution Center:
Here is the new house of the system - for the first tests, it will settle in this rack.
Preparing rails for installation of the system:
The controllers are 2 single-unit servers manufactured by Intel. 2 SSDs of 200 Gb and two 900Gb 10k SAS disks are inserted into each server. The disks contain the controller's OS and service information. Several slots are empty.
Stub:
Removing the SSD from the disk shelf:
400Gb SSD module, SAS interface. Looks like that:
Every 2 Brick XtremIO is powered through 2 EATON Evolution 1550 UPSs with 770 W power each. Included with the first Brick are 2 UPS units:
The system assembled, between two 1U controllers, is a shelf served by them with 25 SSD modules. Above them are located 2 UPS, which will power this system and a future upgrade, which can be placed on top.
Each unit is closed by a panel. Looks neat.
If you buy the system in the “native” rack, it will look like this (two beautiful pictures from the manufacturer below):
The system is positioned as one of the fastest storage systems with inline deduplication on board. It will be especially interesting to those who work with virtual environments and those who are looking for a way to reduce the response time of storage systems and who have performance problems. The array takes up 10 times less space in the data center than solutions on regular disks, which means it saves space in the server room and power. Also Extrime IO can reduce the number of licenses used in the butt, but more on that on a test drive.
Given the cost of the solution, I think the problems with disk performance should be really critical. Although, of course, you can always buy 1 brik "to look at", and then expand, making sure of positive results.
I invite you to a free test drive in the EMC Solution Center, which is located in our office in Moscow. It will be on March 4th at 11:00. The following tests are included in the menu: IOPS 100% read, random 4k; IOPS 50% read 50% write, random 4k; IOPS 100% write, random 4k. We will conduct tests using IOmetra. The most interesting comments from the comments can also be included in this list.
We also generally talk about the system, try it in combat mode, look at the reaction to component failures (pull out the disk “live” under high load, reboot the controller, turn off the power on one of the inputs or turn off the UPS) and peak load.
At the end of the test drive, there will be several examples of how different large companies solved their problems of reducing the response time of arrays, optimizing costs for VDI, and so on. My colleagues and I are preparing several different tests for different use cases - here we have the VDI environment and the storage of “hot” data for the database of the financial, insurance, scientific and energy sectors. In general, there will be something to see. Come.
Application for a test drive can be left here until 20:00 Monday, March 3. Places still have. If there are questions on the system as a whole, you can email me at vbolotnov@croc.ru or in a personal.
PS The cost stated in the title is an approximate price according to the vendor's price list. In practice, there are various options for discounts. Details can be discussed by mail or after a test drive.
The declared system performance is 250.000 IOPS for random reading in 4k blocks. With this load, the average response time of the array should not exceed 1ms. So let's check and at the same time pick up some spare parts “live” right during high loads.
EMC XtremIO storage came to us in such a modest box
')
Open the box. All system components are rigidly fixed in the transport frame. Such packaging can survive delivery even Russian Post. There were no specific roll sensors on it that are usually present on equipment of this class. All the components of the storage system are screwed to the transport frame with screws; all that remains is to transfer the glands to our rack.
Everything, we are bringing units to our EMC Solution Center:
Here is the new house of the system - for the first tests, it will settle in this rack.
Preparing rails for installation of the system:
The controllers are 2 single-unit servers manufactured by Intel. 2 SSDs of 200 Gb and two 900Gb 10k SAS disks are inserted into each server. The disks contain the controller's OS and service information. Several slots are empty.
Stub:
Removing the SSD from the disk shelf:
400Gb SSD module, SAS interface. Looks like that:
Every 2 Brick XtremIO is powered through 2 EATON Evolution 1550 UPSs with 770 W power each. Included with the first Brick are 2 UPS units:
The system assembled, between two 1U controllers, is a shelf served by them with 25 SSD modules. Above them are located 2 UPS, which will power this system and a future upgrade, which can be placed on top.
Each unit is closed by a panel. Looks neat.
If you buy the system in the “native” rack, it will look like this (two beautiful pictures from the manufacturer below):
Come for a test drive
The system is positioned as one of the fastest storage systems with inline deduplication on board. It will be especially interesting to those who work with virtual environments and those who are looking for a way to reduce the response time of storage systems and who have performance problems. The array takes up 10 times less space in the data center than solutions on regular disks, which means it saves space in the server room and power. Also Extrime IO can reduce the number of licenses used in the butt, but more on that on a test drive.
Given the cost of the solution, I think the problems with disk performance should be really critical. Although, of course, you can always buy 1 brik "to look at", and then expand, making sure of positive results.
I invite you to a free test drive in the EMC Solution Center, which is located in our office in Moscow. It will be on March 4th at 11:00. The following tests are included in the menu: IOPS 100% read, random 4k; IOPS 50% read 50% write, random 4k; IOPS 100% write, random 4k. We will conduct tests using IOmetra. The most interesting comments from the comments can also be included in this list.
We also generally talk about the system, try it in combat mode, look at the reaction to component failures (pull out the disk “live” under high load, reboot the controller, turn off the power on one of the inputs or turn off the UPS) and peak load.
At the end of the test drive, there will be several examples of how different large companies solved their problems of reducing the response time of arrays, optimizing costs for VDI, and so on. My colleagues and I are preparing several different tests for different use cases - here we have the VDI environment and the storage of “hot” data for the database of the financial, insurance, scientific and energy sectors. In general, there will be something to see. Come.
Application for a test drive can be left here until 20:00 Monday, March 3. Places still have. If there are questions on the system as a whole, you can email me at vbolotnov@croc.ru or in a personal.
PS The cost stated in the title is an approximate price according to the vendor's price list. In practice, there are various options for discounts. Details can be discussed by mail or after a test drive.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/214139/
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