Dell戴尔Symmetrix DMX-4 Enterprise Flash Drives in a Large-Scale Messaging Environment Technical Note说明书用户手册.pdf

® ® EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 Enterprise Flash Drives in a Large-Scale Messaging Environment Technical Note P/N 300-008-994 REV A01 March 3, 2009 This technical note contains information on these topics: ! Executive summary 2 ! Introduction 3 ! Background 3 ! Test environment 4 ! Observations 4 ! Conclusion 6 1 Executive summary Executive summary ® ® The ultra-performance of enterprise Flash drives in an EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 is well documented. However, performance statistics do not tell the full story. What is important is how drive performance affects the applications that are critical to the business. The results are sometimes surprising. A 30X increase in I/O operations does not necessarily mean the applications run 30 times faster. However, the improvements can be dramatic and the savings can more than offset the cost. This technical note summarizes the results of a recent collaborative project with a large EMC customer in our Engineering Labs in Hopkinton, Mass. During the