{"id":9412,"date":"2014-06-23T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=9412"},"modified":"2014-09-22T08:00:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T06:00:57","slug":"pernixdata-fvp-testing-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/pernixdata-fvp-testing-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"PernixData FVP testing - part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting01.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Configured the Flash Cluster, it\u2019s time to <strong>verify the enhancements<\/strong> PernixData FVP brings to the storage running some stress tests. To test FVP\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/labs.vmware.com\/flings\/io-analyzer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VMware-IO-Analyzer 1.6<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluestop.org\/fio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIO 2.1.9<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=4167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jetstress 2010<\/a> benchmark tools have been used.<\/p>\n<p>Tests have been performed in my <a title=\"vLab\" href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vlab\/\" target=\"_blank\">LAB<\/a> environment where hardware and workload are\u00a0of course different compared to a real production environment therefore results should be taken just to have an'idea of the FVP potential.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Blog series<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"PernixData FVP installation \u2013 part 1\" href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/pernixdata-fvp-installation-part-1\/\">PernixData FVP installation \u2013 part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"PernixData FVP configuration \u2013 part 2\" href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/pernixdata-fvp-configuration-part-2\/\">PernixData FVP configuration \u2013 part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PernixData FVP testing \u2013 part 3<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"PernixData FVP uninstall \u2013 part 4\" href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/pernixdata-fvp-uninstall-part-4\/\">PernixData FVP uninstall \u2013 part 4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Test FVP with VMware-IO-Analyzer<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">VMware-IO-Analyzer parameters<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Exchange 2007: 55% read, 80% random, block size 8k<br \/>\nSQL_Server_64k: 66% read, 100% random, block size 64k<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FVP: OFF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting02.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting02\" width=\"600\" height=\"79\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting03.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting03\" width=\"600\" height=\"85\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting04.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting04\" width=\"600\" height=\"220\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FVP: ON<\/strong> &gt; Write Policy: write-through<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting05.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting05\" width=\"600\" height=\"78\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting06.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting06\" width=\"600\" height=\"96\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting07.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting07\" width=\"600\" height=\"220\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FVP: ON<\/strong> &gt; Write Policy: write-back<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting08.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting08\" width=\"600\" height=\"78\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting09\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting09.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting09\" width=\"600\" height=\"96\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting10\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting10.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting10\" width=\"600\" height=\"220\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Test FVP with FIO<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FIO parameters<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>100% read, 100% sequential, block size 8k, IO depth 32, 16 jobs<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FVP: OFF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting11\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting11.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting11\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FVP: ON<\/strong>\u00a0 &gt; Write Policy: write-through<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting12\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting12.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting12\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Test FVP with Jetstress 2010<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jetstress parameters<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Operation mix: Sessions 8, Inserts 40%, Deletes 20%, Replaces 5%, Reads 35%, Lazy Commits 70%<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">Test Scenario and Exchange Profile Summary\r\nTest Scenario: Disk Subsystem Throughput Test\r\nTest type: Performance\r\nRun Database Maintenance: True\r\nTest duration: 02:00:00\r\nCapacity percentage: 100\r\nThroughput percentage: 100\r\nSuppress tuning: True\r\nThreadCount: 4\r\nOutput path: D:\\JetStressResult\r\nDatabase source: CreateBrandNewDatabases\r\nNumber of copies per database: 1\r\nDatabase paths:\r\nD:\\DB\\db1\r\nLog paths:\r\nD:\\DB\\db1<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FVP: OFF<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IOPS: 51,365<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting13\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting13.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting13\" width=\"600\" height=\"80\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting14\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting14.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting14\" width=\"600\" height=\"80\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting15\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting15.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting15\" width=\"600\" height=\"80\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FVP: ON<\/strong> &gt; Write Policy: write-through<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IOPS: 67,112<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting16\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting16.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting16\" width=\"600\" height=\"80\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting17\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting17.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting17\" width=\"600\" height=\"80\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"fvptesting18\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fvptesting18.jpg\" alt=\"fvptesting18\" width=\"600\" height=\"80\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pernixdata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PernixData FVP<\/a> is definitely an interesting solution that <strong>brings real benefits<\/strong> to the storage.<\/p>\n<p>Having\u00a0<strong>30 days fully working trial<\/strong>\u00a0the administrators can test the product with different scenarios getting an overview of the FVP impact to\u00a0the storage I\/O performance.<\/p>\n<p>Results strongly depend on <strong>used hardware and workload in the network<\/strong> and real benefits can be analyzed comparing parameters before and after FVP activation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"firma\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Configured the Flash Cluster, it\u2019s time to verify the enhancements PernixData FVP brings to the storage running some stress tests. To test FVP\u00a0VMware-IO-Analyzer 1.6, FIO 2.1.9\u00a0and Jetstress 2010 benchmark tools have been used. Tests have been performed in my LAB environment where hardware and workload are\u00a0of course different compared to a real production environment therefore results should be taken just to have an'idea of the FVP potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc":"","facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720":"","twitter_113568041_113568041":"","mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[987,903],"tags":[964,961,962,960,963],"class_list":["post-9412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pernixdata-en","category-vmware-en","tag-flash-en","tag-fvp-en","tag-hypervisor-en","tag-pernixdata-en","tag-storage-en","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}