SPC BENCHMARK EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IBM CORPORATION IBM SYSTEM STORAGE DS87 RELEASE. (EASYTIER AND SSDS) SPC- V. Submitted for Review: April, Submission Identifier: A9
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Page of 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Test Sponsor and Contact Information Test Sponsor Primary Contact Test Sponsor Alternate Contact Auditor Test Sponsor and Contact Information IBM Corporation http://www.ibm.com Bruce McNutt bmcnutt@us.ibm.com 6 Harry Road C San Jose, CA 9 Phone: (8) 97-77 FAX: 86 8 6979 IBM Corporation http://www.ibm.com Joe Hyde joehyde@us.ibm.com 9 S. Rita Road 9- Tucson, AZ 87 Phone: () 799-6 FAX: () 799- Storage Performance Council http://www.storageperformance.org Walter E. Baker AuditService@StoragePerformance.org 6 Bair Island Road, Suite Redwood City, CA 96 Phone: (6) 6-98 FAX: (6) 6-98 Revision Information and Key Dates Revision Information and Key Dates SPC- Specification revision number V. SPC- Workload Generator revision number V.. Date Results were first used publicly April, Date the FDR was submitted to the SPC April, Date the priced storage configuration is available for shipment to customers May, Date the TSC completed audit certification April, Tested Storage Product (TSP) Description The IBM System Storage DS8 series encompasses the flagship disk enterprise storage products in the IBM System Storage portfolio. The DS87 represents the latest in this series of enterprise disk storage systems designed for high-performance, high-capacity and resiliency. Major new capabilities include IBM POWER6 Processing technology and PCI-e I/O enclosures. IBM System Storage Easy Tier feature of the DS87 enables more effective storage consolidation by taking the guesswork out of deploying solid-state drives by automatically and dynamically moving the appropriate data to the appropriate drive tier in the system, based on ongoing performance monitoring. Such effective storage tiering will help ensure systems are optimized for solid-state technology from both a performance and cost perspective. IBM Corporation Submitted for Review: APRIL,
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Page of 8 Summary of Results SPC- Results Tested Storage Configuration (TSC) Name: IBM System Storage DS87 Release. (Easy Tier and SSDs) Metric SPC- IOPS,998. Reported Result SPC- Price-Performance Total ASU Capacity Data Protection Level $7.9/SPC- IOPS,.99 GB Protected (Mirroring, RAID-) Total TSC Price (including three-year maintenance) $,8,7.6 SPC- IOPS represents the maximum I/O Request Throughput at the % load point. Total ASU (Application Storage Unit) Capacity represents the total storage capacity read and written in the course of executing the SPC- benchmark. A Data Protection Level of Protected using Mirroring configures two or more identical copies of user data. The SSD portion of the configuration utilized a Data Protection Level of RAID- which provides data protection by distributing check data corresponding to user data across multiple in the form of bit-by-bit parity. Storage Capacities and Relationships The following diagram and table document the various storage capacities, used in this benchmark, and their relationships, as well as the storage utilization values required to be reported. Application Storage Unit (ASU) Capacity,.99 GB ASU,6.6 GB ASU,6.6 GB 6 Logical Volumes 6 Logical Volumes 8 Logical Volumes (8.99 GB per Logical Volume) Addressable Storage Capacity 8,9.97 GB ASU,.99 GB Overhead/Metadata 9.8 GB Unused m8,86 GB Configured Storage Capacity 87,7.68 GB Physical Storage Capacity,.669 GB Data Protection (Mirroring) 8.69.8 GB (includes 9.8 GB of LVM Overhead and,9.967 GB of unused capacity) Required SSD Capacity,. GB Spares 7,97.6 GB Global Storage Overhead,.69 GB IBM Corporation Submitted for Review: APRIL,
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Page of 8 SPC- Storage Capacity Utilization Application Utilization.% Protected Application Utilization 68.% Unused Storage Ratio 9.78% Application Utilization: Total ASU Capacity (,.99 GB) divided by Physical Storage Capacity (,.669 GB) Protected Application Utilization: (Total ASU Capacity (,.99 GB) plus total Data Protection Capacity (8,69.8 GB) minus unused Data Protection Capacity (,9.967 GB) divided by Physical Storage Capacity (,.669 GB) Unused Storage Ratio: Total Unused Capacity (9,79.97 GB) divided by Physical Storage Capacity (,.669 GB) and may not exceed %. Detailed information for the various storage capacities and utilizations is available on pages 9- in the Full Disclosure Report. IBM Corporation Submitted for Review: APRIL,
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Page of 8 Response Time Throughput Curve The Response Time-Throughput Curve illustrates the Average Response Time (milliseconds) and I/O Request Throughput at %, 9%, 9%, 8%, %, and % of the workload level used to generate the SPC- IOPS metric. The Average Response Time measured at the any of the above load points cannot exceed milliseconds or the benchmark measurement is invalid. Ramp Phase Response Time / Throughput Curve Response Time (ms) 9% 9% % 8% % % IO Requests per Second Response Time Throughput Data % Load % Load 8% Load 9% Load 9% Load % Load I/O Request Throughput,. 6,9.7 6,9.8 9,697.9,.7,998. Average Response Time (ms): All ASUs.9.7.7...9 ASU-..8.8..6. ASU-.98. 6. 8. 9.. ASU-..8.7.7.7.8 Reads.9.6.98 7.6 8. 9. Writes...6.6.8.6 IBM Corporation Submitted for Review: APRIL,
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Page 6 of 8 Priced Storage Configuration Pricing Product Description Qty Price Extended Price Discount (%) Disc. Price -9 System Storage DS87 $ 7,9. $ 7,9..% $ 6,9. Eligible for EU Shipment N/C 7 OEL Indicator N/C 8 7. to. TB capacity N/C 9 Non-Standby CoD N/C 9 IBM System p Indicator N/C Battery Assembly,7. $,..% $,. 9 Line Cord (US/LA/AP/Canada),9. $,9..% $ 9. Management Console - English Laptop Internal 9,6. $ 9,6..% $,8. Disk Enclosure Pair,. $,..% $,. Disk Drive Cable Group,. $,..% $. I/O Enclosure Pair PCIE,78. $,6..% $,78. PCI-E Cable Group,. $,..% $,. 9 um Fibre Cable (LC). $,..% $ 6. 7 Release Bundle Family,. $,..% $,. 86 TB 7.K SATA Drive Set (6 drives per set) 6 89,78. $ 8,68..% $ 69,. 999 Disk Enclosure Filler. $..% $. Device Adapter Pair III,. $,..% $,. Gb SW FCP/FICON Adapter PCIE 6,9. $,..% $,76. 6 GB Processor Memory (-Way) 78,6. $ 78,6..% $ 9,. Way Processor Card Pair 8,89. $ 8,89..% $,6. 66 6 GB SSD Drive Set (6 SSDs per set) 9,. $ 9,..% $ 6,776. 7 OEL - TB N/C 7 OEL - Value Unit N/C 7 OEL - Value Unit N/C 7 OEL - Value Unit N/C 8S7 SSD System Order N/C 98-LFA DS8 Function Authorization N/C 9 IBM System p Indicator N/C 7 OEL - TB N/C 7 OEL - Value Unit $,69. $,69..% $,9. 7 OEL - Value Unit $ 8,97. $ 8,97..% $,8. 7 OEL - Value Unit $,79. $,79..% $ 8,76. 8-MC System Storage Productivity Center $,. $,..% $,. 8 IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center via N/C AAS/eConfig 7 Power Cord, Standard Rack N/C 8 Dual Power Supply Option $ 99. $ 99..% $ 99. 9 Console Keyboard/Display/Drawer $,79. $,79..% $ 897. 97-MMB 7 8 Gb PCI-e Dual Port FC HBA $,8. $,..% $,89. Total discounted price $,8,7.6 The above pricing includes hardware maintenance and software support for three years, 7 days per week, hours per day. The hardware maintenance and software support provides the following: Acknowledgement of new and existing problems with four () hours. Onsite present of a qualified maintenance engineer or provision of a customer replaceable part within four () hours of the above acknowledgement for any hardware failure that results in an inoperative Price Storage Configuration that can be remedied by the repair or replacement of a Priced Storage Configuration component. IBM Corporation Submitted for Review: APRIL,
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Page 7 of 8 Differences between the Tested Storage Configuration (TSC) and Priced Storage Configuration There were no differences between the TSC and Priced Storage Configuration. Benchmark Configuration (BC)/Tested Storage Configuration (TSC)/ Priced Storage Configuration Diagram IBM Power 77 Server FC links on dual-port HBAs FC links FC links on 6 Host Adapters -way SMP cluster.7 GHz / 8 GB cache -way SMP cluster.7 GHz / 8 GB cache Device Adapter Device Adapter Device Adapter Device Adapter (FC/AL) 6 (FC/AL) (FC/AL) 7 FC links 6 (FC/AL) 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 86 6 87 7 8 host adapter ports 6 on 6 8 HA cards 7 8 SATA 8 SATA 8 SSD 8 SSD 8 SATA 8 SATA Device Device Adapter Adapter Device Device Adapter Adapter (FC/AL) (FC/AL) FC links 6 6 (FC/AL) (FC/AL) 7 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 86 6 87 7 8 host adapter ports 6 on 6 8 HA cards 7 8 SATA 8 SATA 8 SATA 8 SATA 8 SATA 8 SATA 8 SATA 8 SATA IBM System Storage DS87 Version. (Easy Tier and SSDs) IBM Corporation Submitted for Review: APRIL,
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Page 8 of 8 Benchmark Configuration (BC)/Tested Storage Configuration (TSC)/ Priced Storage Configuration Components Host System: IBM Power 77 (P77-99-MMB) 6 cores in: 8. GHz POWER7 processor modules 8 cores per processor module 6 KB L cache per core MB L cache per core (edram) Tested Storage Configuration (TSC)/ Priced Storage Configuration: 8 Gb PCIe dual port FC HBAs IBM System Storage DS87 6 GB memory/cache Gbps front-end physical connections ( per FCP/FICON Adapter) 6 Gbps backend physical connections ( per Device Adapter) 6 GB main memory Way Processor Card Pair AIX 6. TL PCIe 6 Gb SW FCP/FICON Adapter PCIe Device Adapter Pair III Management Console 96 TB 7.K RPM SATA disk drive 6 6 GB SSDs IBM Corporation Submitted for Review: APRIL,