HP Data Protector Software Performance White Paper

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Figure 1 illustrates the topology layout of the test environment.
Figure 1. Topology layout of test environment
Topology of Test Environment
Cell Manager &
Domain Controller
H P Pr o Li a n t
DL380 G4
H P Pr o Li a n t
DL380 G5
HP 9000
rp3440
H P Pr o C u r v e
4/ 16
4 G b i t SA N Sw i tch
HP Ultrium 960 HP Ultrium 960
HP EVA6000
2 FC -Controllers
56 x 146GB 10K
VRaid1
Backup Server &
Exchange Server
Backup Server
1 Gbit LAN (simplified)
Ultra320 SCSI
LTO -3 Ta p e Dr i ve
Ultra320 SCSI
LTO -3 Ta p e Dr i ve
EVA6000
Ty p i c a l Fi l es
Small Files
Exchange DB
Storage array
The HP StorageWorks 6000 Enterprise Virtual Array is an enterprise class, high performance,
high capacity, and high availability “virtual” array storage solution. The EVA6000 is designed to
meet the needs of the data center to support critical application demands for consistently high
transaction I/O.
This document assumes that you have previous knowledge of the EVA family of storage arrays.
However, there are several terms that are exclusive to the EVA and referenced throughout the
document. These terms are defined in the Glossary on page 80 to provide a knowledge
baseline. For further information on the HP StorageWorks EVA6000 visit
http://www.hp.com/go/eva6000
.
The EVA6000 storage array was set up in a 2C4D configuration (2 controller and 4 disk shelves)
with a total of 56 x 146 GB 10K Fibre Channel disk drives.
HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays perform excellently when all the disks are in a single
disk group, so in this example the disk group consists of all 56 disks. 15 x 100 GB LUNs
(Vdisks) were created on the array and presented to the two client servers. The RAID level
applied to these LUNs was VRaid 1 to get the best read performance out of the available drives.
The firmware version was XCS 6.000.
Storage management
The HP StorageWorks Command View general purpose server running on an HP ProLiant
DL580 G2 server was configured with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition. HP
StorageWorks Command View EVA V5.0 was used to manage the EVA6000.