Conclusion; Figure 5. Performance Of Multiple Virtual Workloads In Vmware Using Fs7500 Over Nfs - Dell EqualLogic FS7500 Manual

Dell EqualLogic FS7500 – Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads
Performance of Multiple Virtual Workloads in VMware using FS7500 over NFS
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Conclusion

Most organizations cannot accurately estimate their workload growth, especially in a virtualized
environment. With multiple increasing workloads, they need a storage platform that can easily scale in
capacity and performance without any disruptions in the production environment and without any fork-
lift upgrades. Because virtual workloads can be hosted on both SAN and NAS devices, using either
Windows or Linux operating systems, such a storage platform must also provide a consolidated storage
pool with a single unified management interface. Dell EqualLogic FS7500 with PS Series arrays provides
unmatched capabilities for such a storage platform. Dell Labs simulation tests illustrated that as we
increased multiple virtual application workloads in a VMware environment, the FS7500 was able to
scale transactional performance near linearly with capacity, such that we experienced little
degradation in application performance as we added additional storage arrays to accommodate the
increase in workloads. Unlike traditional storage architectures where application performance increase
starts to diminish with increasing capacity, especially near saturation performance, each additional
array in FS7500 increased storage capacity with proportional increase in application transactional
performance. The FS7500 unified scale-out storage system is easy to install, use, and manage. Instead
of having to choose between SAN and NAS or block and NFS up front, you can remain flexible to choose
the right storage type for your application needs over time.
This flexibility means that whether your company expands into new ventures or simply adds more
users, your storage can scale with you when using the EqualLogic FS7500. The Dell EqualLogic FS7500
enables you to start small and grow as required; without taking a hit in your operations or efficiency.
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