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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...........................................................................................................4
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................4
DELL EMC ISILON ....................................................................................................................4
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION ...............................................................................................5
NETWORK CONNECTIVITY ............................................................................................................ 7
TEST TOOLS .................................................................................................................................... 7
NETWORK BANDWIDTH TESTS .................................................................................................... 7
I/O TESTS ......................................................................................................................................... 8
SEQUENTIAL I/O PERFORMANCE TESTS (N-TO-N) .................................................................... 8
SEQUENTIAL I/O PERFORMANCE TESTS (N-TO-1) ................................................................... 10
RANDOM I/O PERFORMANCE TESTS ......................................................................................... 12
I/O PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS: F800 VS. LUSTRE VS. NFS ........................................... 15
REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................ 19
APPENDIX .............................................................................................................................. 19