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- Document Category: Validations
- Subjects: NAS Storage, SAN Storage
- Vendor: Starboard Storage
- Keywords: AC72, Lab Validation, reldata, Starboard Storage
- Document Date: April 9th, 2012
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Full Summary:
In this test analysis, Evaluator Group assesses Starboard Storage Systems’ AC72 system; The evaluation focuses on several aspects with a particular focus on performance. The validation consisted of quantitative test efforts, which sought to characterize measurable attributes, along with a limited amount of qualitative validation.
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Evaluator Group assessed Starboard Storage Systems AC72 system in early 2012. The evaluation focused on several aspects of storage systems, with a particular focus on performance. The validation consisted of quantitative test efforts, which sought to characterize measurable attributes, along with a limited amount of qualitative validation.
There were several goals of this validation, including validating performance claims relative to other leading systems, and demonstrating these relative advantages under real-world conditions. Rather than measuring the performance of the Starboard AC72 in isolation, head-to-head testing was conducted to compare the AC72 to a comparably configured system from a leading competitor.
Measuring the performance and price / performance levels of a single storage system can provide insight, although it often provides little value for IT users forced with choosing between storage systems. In order to provide a fair testing methodology, several test scenarios were constructed to replicate common workloads found in many IT environments. These application workloads consisted of email messaging, file serving and virtual server hosting. Together, these applications represent a significant portion of workloads encountered in businesses.
Evaluator Group Comments: Evaluator Group established several tests representative of real-world application storage requirements. Two systems were compared under identical conditions, thus evaluating systems in real-world conditions, running multiple workloads. Testing multiple workloads in a head-to-head environment provides a more accurate depiction of how a system will perform during actual use. The AC72 demonstrated its ability to deliver more than 2X the performance as the competitor for mission critical applications at a lower total cost.
The testing conditions and application workloads tested were identical, with the only variable being the storage system used during testing. The Starboard AC72 unified storage platform was tested against a similarly configured unified storage system. The results demonstrated that Starboard’s AC72 outperformed the competitor by a significant margin. Perhaps more importantly mission critical application performance was maintained at a high level, while less important applications performed at levels similar to the competitor.
Maintaining performance for mission critical applications, while still providing equivalent performance for business important applications is the type of capability IT users are looking for when configuring their IT resources. Making tradeoff’s between applications is a reality faced daily, and having a system capable of delivering performance when and where required is imperative.
Starboard Storage Systems – AC72 Lab Validation
In this test analysis, Evaluator Group assesses Starboard Storage Systems’ AC72 system; The evaluation focuses on several aspects with a particular focus on performance. The validation consisted of quantitative test efforts, which sought to characterize measurable attributes, along with a limited amount of qualitative validation.
Preview:
Evaluator Group assessed Starboard Storage Systems AC72 system in early 2012. The evaluation focused on several aspects of storage systems, with a particular focus on performance. The validation consisted of quantitative test efforts, which sought to characterize measurable attributes, along with a limited amount of qualitative validation.
There were several goals of this validation, including validating performance claims relative to other leading systems, and demonstrating these relative advantages under real-world conditions. Rather than measuring the performance of the Starboard AC72 in isolation, head-to-head testing was conducted to compare the AC72 to a comparably configured system from a leading competitor.
Measuring the performance and price / performance levels of a single storage system can provide insight, although it often provides little value for IT users forced with choosing between storage systems. In order to provide a fair testing methodology, several test scenarios were constructed to replicate common workloads found in many IT environments. These application workloads consisted of email messaging, file serving and virtual server hosting. Together, these applications represent a significant portion of workloads encountered in businesses.
Evaluator Group Comments: Evaluator Group established several tests representative of real-world application storage requirements. Two systems were compared under identical conditions, thus evaluating systems in real-world conditions, running multiple workloads. Testing multiple workloads in a head-to-head environment provides a more accurate depiction of how a system will perform during actual use. The AC72 demonstrated its ability to deliver more than 2X the performance as the competitor for mission critical applications at a lower total cost.
The testing conditions and application workloads tested were identical, with the only variable being the storage system used during testing. The Starboard AC72 unified storage platform was tested against a similarly configured unified storage system. The results demonstrated that Starboard’s AC72 outperformed the competitor by a significant margin. Perhaps more importantly mission critical application performance was maintained at a high level, while less important applications performed at levels similar to the competitor.
Maintaining performance for mission critical applications, while still providing equivalent performance for business important applications is the type of capability IT users are looking for when configuring their IT resources. Making tradeoff’s between applications is a reality faced daily, and having a system capable of delivering performance when and where required is imperative.