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A 1Gb and 10Gb host SAN tests: full test results
A.1 1Gb host SAN test results
The baseline 1Gb I/O performance data in Figure 15 corresponds to two 1Gb host ports accessing four
100GB volumes on a single 1Gb array. During the baseline test, all traffic was isolated to the Dell Networking
N3000 stack, as all the 1Gb ports were directly connected – no traffic crossed the uplink ports to the Dell
Networking N4000 fabric.
The comparison 1Gb I/O performance data in Figure 15 corresponds to two 1Gb host ports accessing four
100GB volumes on a single 10Gb array. During the comparison test, all traffic flowed through the Dell
Networking N3000 stack, the LAG uplink ports, and then to the Dell Networking N4000 fabric to reach the
10Gb PS Series array.
Full test results: 1Gb initiator performance comparison
A.2 10Gb host SAN test results
The baseline 10Gb I/O performance data in Figure 16 corresponds to two 10Gb host ports accessing four
100GB volumes on a single 1Gb array. During the baseline test, all traffic flowed through the Dell Networking
N4000 fabric, the LAG uplink ports, and then to the Dell Networking N3000 stack to reach the 1Gb PS Series
array.
The comparison 10Gb I/O performance data in Figure 16 corresponds to two 10Gb host ports accessing four
100GB volumes on a single 10Gb array. During the comparison test, all traffic was isolated to the Dell