Advanced Backup to Disk Performance White Paper

Results
Tape Drive Write Test
Table 3. Tape Drive Write Test
Specification HP StorageWorks
Ultrium 960
Transfer Rate (MB/s)
HP StorageWorks
Ultrium 460
Transfer Rate (MB/s)
HP StorageWorks
SDLT 320
Transfer Rate (MB/s)
Zeros, 64 KB 168 112 47
Compr. 2:1, 64 KB 157 60 35
Compr. 2:1, 256 KB 157 N/A N/A
MSA1000 Write Test
Table 4. MSA1000 Write Test
Specification MSA1000
Transfer Rate (MB/s)
RAID 1+0 and 1 Logical Array
LUN #1 with Typical Files
76,53
RAID 1+0 and 1 Logical Array
LUN #1 with Small Files
14,22
MSA1500 Write Test
Table 5. MSA1500 Write Test
Specification MSA1500
Transfer Rate (MB/s)
RAID 0 and 1 Logical Array
LUN #1
(12 Phys. Disks)
73,35
RAID 0 and 4 Logical Arrays
LUN #1
(3 Phys. Disks)
23,96
RAID 1 and 1 Logical Array
LUN #1
(2 Phys. Disks)
9,24
RAID 1+0 and 3 Logical Arrays
LUN #1
(4 Phys. Disks)
16,96
RAID 5 and 2 Logical Arrays
LUN #1
(6 Phys. Disks)
21,33
RAID 5 and 2 Logical Arrays
LUN #1/2
(2 * 6 Phys. Disks)
34,43
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