System information
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Comparing performance and cost: Dell PowerEdge VRTX vs.
legacy hardware solution
2. Select StartControl PanelNetwork ConnectionsEthernet 2.
3. Click Properties.
4. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and click Properties.
5. Select the Use the following IP address radio button, and enter the desired IP for your iSCSI network.
6. Click OK.
7. Open the Start menu, type iSCSI Initiator and select the displayed tile.
8. If it asks you to start the service, click OK.
9. In the Quick Connect Target field, enter the IP assigned to the HP RAID Controller, and click Quick Connect…
10. Select the desired target and click Connect.
11. Select the Volumes and Devices tab.
12. Click the Auto Configure button.
13. Click OK.
14. Open the Start menu, type Hard Disk Partitions, on the right, select Settings, and click the
displayed tile.
15. Right-click the disk sized 46.56 GB, and select Online.
16. Right-click the disk, select Initialize Disk, and click OK.
17. Right-click the volume space, and select Create Simple Volume.
18. Accept all defaults by selecting Next four times, and click Finish.
Installing and configuring Iometer on the VM (both legacy and VRTX)
1. Download the Iometer 2006.07.27 package for Windows from www.iometer.org/doc/downloads.html.
2. Double-click the installer, and click Run.
3. At the Welcome window, click Next.
4. At the License Agreement window, click I Agree.
5. At the Choose Components window, leave the defaults selected, and click Next.
6. At the Choose Install Location window, change the Destination Folder to C:\Iometer 2006.07.27, and click
Install.
7. When the installation completes, click Finish.
8. Copy the relevant access specification file to the VM.
Configuring the Iometer workloads (both legacy and VRTX)
We set up Iometer to deliver a light file/print server-like I/O load through the duration of the tests. Below we
review the specific configuration of our Iometer workload.
Iometer workload specifications
50GB dataset, 1 Outstanding I/O per target
512KB transfer request size
100ms transfer delay
1 Burst I/O
80% read, 100% random
45 minute run time
60 second ramp up time