Release Notes

22 Dell PS Series Snapshots and Clones: Best Practices and Sizing Guidelines | BP1027
Both of the SAN attached hosts had the Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools (HIT) for Microsoft Edition
loaded and utilized the Microsoft software iSCSI initiator and Multi-Path I/O (MPIO). The HIT Kit installed the
EqualLogic Device Specific Module (DSM) for Windows which automatically created the optimal number of
iSCSI connections for the volume at the default settings.
5.2 Test methodology
The three PS6010XV arrays were configured in one RAID 10 pool, and the PS6010E was configured in a
separate RAID 10 pool. The PS6010E was only used in test cases involving backup scenarios as a backup
target. It was attached to a host that was storing backup data. All background initialization functions were
allowed to complete before running any test cases.
For test cases where a workload was involved, the open source utility IOmeter was used. The completion
time reported by the backup application was used for backup scenarios. For most scenarios, each test case
was executed at least twice and the average values were used.